Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 12 March 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of incapacity benefit claimants ceased to claim the benefit in each year from 1976-77 to 2005-06; and if he will make a statement.
There is a strong relationship between on-flows and off-flows from incapacity benefit, and generally, both have been falling year on year as a proportion of the caseload. So falling off-flows are a result of falling on-flows.
Information is not available prior to 1996. The available information is in the following table.
Incapacity benefit terminations in the year ending February each year as a proportion of the caseload | |
Percentage | |
1996 | 38.5 |
1997 | 39.4 |
1998 | 38.8 |
1999 | 36.6 |
2000 | 35.4 |
2001 | 29.3 |
2002 | 29.1 |
2003 | 27.9 |
2004 | 27.5 |
2005 | 27.5 |
2006 | 24.6 |
Notes: 1.These figures have been updated to include late notified terminations, including terminations for retirement pension. 2. All figures have been revised, and may be subject to further change; Figures prior to 2004 are subject to minor changes. Figures for 2004 include fewer late notifications than previous quarters and will be subject to greater change in future. Figures for the latest quarter do not include any late notifications and are subject to major changes in future quarters. For illustration purposes, total terminations for May 2004 increased by 33 per cent. in the year following their initial release. Source: 5 per cent. Terminations dataset and 100 per cent. WPLS |
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