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Percentage of people who left incapacity benefit/severe disablement allowance between 1 June 2004 and 31 May 2005, and re-claimed incapacity benefit/severe disablement allowance within a Year
Age at start of re-claim Percentage

All

18.0

16 to 24

22.4

25 to 49

22.6

50 to state pension age

11.4

Notes:
1. Percentages are shown to one decimal place
2. Figures for the latest quarter do not include any late notifications and are subject to major changes in future quarters.
Source:
DWP Information Directorate 5 per cent. sample and 5 per cent. termination dataset.

Mr. O'Hara: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of people who left jobseeker's allowance in the most recent year for which figures are available claimed incapacity benefit within a year (a) in total, (b) aged 16 to 24, (c) aged 25 to 49 and (d) aged 50 years to state pension age. [114629]

Mr. Plaskitt: The information is in the following table.

Percentage of people who left jobseeker's allowance between 1 June 2004 and 31 May 2005, and claimed incapacity benefit/severe disablement within a year
Age Percentage

All

12.5

16 to 24

10.1

25 to 49

13.4

50 to state pension age

15.6

Notes:
1. Percentages are shown to one decimal place
2. Figures for the latest quarter do not include any late notifications and are subject to major changes in future quarters.
Source:
DWP Information Directorate 5 per cent. sample and 5 per cent. terminations dataset.

Mr. O'Hara: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of people who left incapacity benefit in the most recent year for which figures are available claimed jobseeker's allowance within a year (a) in total, (b) aged 16 to 24, (c) aged 25 to 49 and (d) aged 50 years to state pension age. [114630]

Mr. Plaskitt: The information is in the following table:

Percentage of people who left incapacity benefit/severe disablement allowance between 1 June 2004 and 31 May 2005, and claimed jobseeker's allowance within a year
Age at start of jobseeker's allowance claim Percentage

All

23.5

16 to 24

41.3

25 to 49

30.0

50 to state pension age

10.6

Notes:
1. Percentages are shown to one decimal place
2. Figures for the latest quarter do not include any late notifications and are subject to major changes in future quarters.
Source:
DWP Information Directorate 5 per cent. sample and 5 per cent. terminations dataset.

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Incapacity Benefit

Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the expenditure on incapacity benefit was in each (a) region and (b) country of the UK in the last period for which figures are available. [101111]

Mrs. McGuire: The available information is in the following table.

2005-06 Expenditure (cash terms)
£ million
Provisional outturn

Great Britain

6,644

England

5,206

North East

478

North West

1,098

Yorkshire and The Humber

627

East Midlands

475

West Midlands

631

East of England

420

London

512

South East

527

South West

438

Wales

599

Scotland

802

Outside Great Britain

38

Notes: 1. Totals may not sum due to rounding. 2. All figures have been rounded to the nearest million pounds. 3. Great Britain expenditure is consistent with the Department for Work and Pensions' accounts for 2005-06 and has been apportioned between regions and countries using information in the 2006 Country and Regional Analysis exercise. 4. Expenditure outside Great Britain relates to benefit entitlement resulting from residence in Great Britain, but benefit is actually in payment to people living abroad. 5. As the Department is only responsible for Great Britain, Northern Ireland benefit expenditure has not been included and is dealt with by the Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland. 6. Expenditure information is published on the Department's website at the following address: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd4/expenditure.asp 7. The expenditure shown in the table is not consistent with information currently published on the Department's website. That information relates to the position at Budget 2006 and it will be updated following the 2006 pre Budget report. Source: Department for Work and Pensions accounts for 2005-06 and administrative data.

Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) males and (b) females aged (i) 18 to 29, (ii) 30 to 39, (iii) 40 to 49 and (iv) 50 to 59 years claimed incapacity benefit; and how many males aged 60 to 65 years claimed incapacity benefit in each borough of London in each of the last seven years. [101763]

Mrs. McGuire: The information has been placed in the Library.

Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in each London borough suffering from obesity claimed incapacity benefit in each of the last five years for which figures are available; what proportion of the total expenditure on incapacity benefit in each borough was accounted for by people suffering from obesity in each year; and
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how much was spent on disability pensions for people suffering from obesity in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [101993]

Mrs. McGuire: Information is available only on those claiming incapacity benefits whose primary diagnosis is obesity. The available information is in the following tables.

Number of incapacity benefit (IB)/severe disablement allowance (SDA) claimants in London, whose primary diagnosis is recorded as obesity, at the end of the quarter shown
Quarter ending
London local authority May 2002 May 2003 May 2004 May 2005 May 2006

Barking and Dagenham

10

10

10

10

10

Barnet

10

10

10

10

10

Bexley

10

10

10

10

10

Brent

10

10

10

10

10

Bromley

0

0

0

0

0

Camden

10

10

20

10

10

Croydon

10

10

10

20

20

Baling

20

20

10

10

10

Enfield

10

10

10

10

10

Greenwich

0

10

0

0

0

Hackney

20

30

30

30

30

Hammersmith and Fulham

0

0

10

0

0

Haringey

10

10

10

10

10

Harrow

10

10

10

10

10

Havering

0

0

0

0

0

Hillingdon

10

10

10

10

10

Hounslow

10

10

10

10

20

Islington

20

20

10

10

10

Kensington and Chelsea

0

0

10

0

10

Kingston upon Thames

0

0

0

0

0

Lambeth

10

20

20

20

20

Lewisham

0

0

10

10

10

Merton

0

10

0

0

0

Newham

30

20

20

20

20

Redbridge

0

10

10

10

10

Richmond upon Thames

0

10

0

10

0

Southwark

20

20

20

10

20

Sutton

0

0

0

10

0

Tower Hamlets

10

10

10

10

10

Waltham Forest

10

10

10

10

10

Wandsworth

10

10

10

10

10

Notes:
1. Caseloads are rounded to the nearest 10.
2. Totals may not sum due to rounding.
3. Local authorities and Government office regions are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant postcode directory.
4. Causes of incapacity are based on the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, published by the World Health Organisation.
Source:
Information Directorate five per cent sample and 100 per cent. WPLS

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