Roberts, Jennifer; Tsuchiya, Aki; Peasgood, Tessa - Department of Economics, University of Sheffield - 2006
The number of people claiming Incapacity Benefit has remained fairly constant in recent years at around 2.7 million (7% of the working age population), although the numbers have trebled since the 1970s when an earlier version of this benefit was available. In January 2006 the UK Government set...