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The number of people claiming incapacity benefits of working age has fallen
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) quarterly statistical summary finds that although there were 582 thousand new claims for working age incapacity benefit and 598 thousand new claims for income support in the year to August 2008, the actual number of people claiming incapacity benefits of working age has fallen by 51 thousand to 2.6 million in the same year.
This quarterly statistical summary aims to give users a structured overview of the National Statistics published by the DWP. Statistics are grouped by component area of DWP and, for each statistic; links are given for users to access more detailed information.
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