INCAPACITY BENEFIT

Early day motion 208, tabled 25 November 2004 by Lord Willetts (Conservative). Signed by 60 members.

That this House notes that the number of claimants of incapacity benefit has increased by 34,400 since May 1997; further notes that the number of working age claimants as a percentage of the total working age population has increased from 6.4 per cent. in May 1997 to 6.8 per cent. in May 2004; is concerned that the Government's Pathways to Work pilots have no specific performance indicators; calls on the Government to publish details of the interim findings to date; and urges the Government to make it clear whether it has any plans to put time limits on payments of incapacity benefit.

Signatures by party: Conservative 57, DUP 1, UUP 1.