§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was, to the nearest convenient date, the total number of applications received for the special attendance allowance, the number of initial rejections by the board, the number of those who lodged appeals, and the number of these appeals which were successful.
§ Mr. DeanUp to 11th January over 120,000 claims for attendance allowance had been received; just over 40,000 had been initially rejected by the Attendance Allowance Board; just over 10,000
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§ Mr. DeanI regret that this information is not available for December, 1971. In November, 1971, the numbers of persons wage-stopped in Scotland, Wales and England were 4,000, 1,500 and 15,000, respectively. Separate figures for South Ayrshire are not available. Persons receiving supplementary benefit cannot claim family income supplement, although some who have recently been working may still be receiving a supplement. Where a claimant's earnings when in full-time work are being estimated for wage-stop purposes, however, the family income supplement to which he would then be entitled is also taken into account. Most wage-stopped cases benefit in this way but the figures for November, 1971, will not be available until March, 1972, I will write to the hon. Member then.