§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will break down the national figure for the number of people in receipt of mobility allowance on 31 December 1984 by the length of time for which the awards were made.
§ Mr. NewtonThe information is as follows:
Number Awards of 1 year 8,330 Over 1 year and up to and including 2 years 22,620 Over 2 years and up to and including 3 years 5,520 Over 3 years and up to and including 4 years 660 Over 4 years, but not up to age 75 18,040 Up to age 75 271,530 Awards for life under the Mobility Allowance (Vehicle Scheme Beneficiaries) Regulations 1977 26,120
§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many reviews of mobility allowance there were during the currency of an award in 1984 nationally which were instituted (a) by the insurance officer and (b) by the claimant; and in what proportion and number the allowance with withdrawn.
§ Mr. NewtonThe information is as follows:
Reviews at request of adjudication officer Reviews at request of claimant or his representative Number 75 287 Number in which allowance withdrawn 54 268 Percentage in which allowance withdrawn 72 93
§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will give details of the numbers of decisions there were in 1984 on renewal claims for mobility allowance (a) nationally and (b) in each social security region; and if in each case he will give the proportion and number which were awarded;
(2) if he will give details of the number of decisions made on mobility allowance applications in 1984 (a) nationally and (b) in each social security region; and if he will in each case state the number of decisions in which an award of the allowance was made.
§ Mr. NewtonThe information for Great Britain is as follows:
Initial claims Renewal claims Total Number of decisions 108,050 23,950 132,000 Number of awards 73,600 19,900 93,500 Percentage awarded 68.1 83.1 70.8 I regret that separate information is not available for each social security region.
§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will break down by age the numbers of those receiving (a) mobility allowance and (b) 168W attendance allowance; and if he will break down the numbers awarded each allowance during 1984 in the same way.
§ Mr. NewtonThe available information is as follows:
Mobility Allowance* Age Recipients of mobility allowance Up to 9 7,260 10 – 14 9,600 15 – 19 10,820 20 – 24 11,095 25 – 29 9,390 30 – 34 10,770 35 – 39 15,380 40 – 44 17,920 45 – 49 23,990 50 – 54 35,245 55 – 59 54,410 60 – 64 79,630 65 – 69 49 435 70 – 74 1,260 Total 336,205
Age Recipients of mobility allowance under the Mobility Allowance (Vehicle Scheme Beneficiaries) Regulations 1977 Under 16 3 16 – 19 4 20 – 24 19 25 – 29 635 30 – 34 1,290 35 – 39 2,035 40 – 44 1,810 45 – 49 1,955 50 – 54 2,315 55 – 59 2,970 60 – 64 4,055 65 – 69 3,365 70 – 74 2,915 75 – 79 1,730 80 – 84 660 85 and over 250 Total 26,011 * Numbers at 11 March 1985 I regret that information about the number of awards of mobilty allowance is not available by age groups.
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Attendance Allowance Age Recipients of attendance allowance† 2 – 15 57,000 16 – 19 13,000 20 – 24 15,000 25 – 29 11,000 30 – 34 10,000 35 – 39 10,000 40 – 44 9,000 45 – 49 10,000 50 – 54 13,000
Age Recipients of attendance allowance† 55 – 59 20,000 60 – 64 30,000 65 – 69 33,000 70 – 74 47,000 75 – 79 54,000 80 – 84 56,000 85 and over 81,000 Total 469,000
Age Awards in 1984 2 – 15 10,138 16 – 19 1,016 20 – 24 1,003 25 – 29 1,111 30 – 34 1,473 35 – 39 1,941 40 – 44 2,259 45 – 49 3,119 50 – 54 4,541 55 – 59 7,320 60 – 64 11,959 65 – 69 14,052 70 – 74 22,314 75 – 79 28,964 80 – 84 32,160 85 and over 38,400 Total 181,770 † Estimates as at 31 March 1984. the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people were in receipt of mobility allowance at 31 December 1984 nationally; and if he will break down the national figure by social security region and the rate per thousand population in each region.
§ Mr. NewtonThe available information is as follows. I regret that it is not possible to give a regional breakdown.
Number in receipt of mobility allowance* Rate per 1,000 population (mid-1983 estimates) England 281,940 6.0 Scotland 40,515 7.9 Wales 30,365 10.8 * Includes recipients under the Mobility Allowance (Vehicle Scheme Beneficiaries) Regulations 1977.
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Total decisions made in each year on initial claims 85,730 60,770 88,100 106,800 108,050 Total decisions resulting in disallowance 25,550 19,330 29,100 36,950 34,450 Details of appeals and references to local tribunals on the non-medical conditions for mobility allowance in the years to 1983 are given in "Social Security Statistics 1984", table 15.20. It is not possible to break down the information into social security regions. Equivalent details for 1984 are not yet available.
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§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services in the case of initial and renewal claims for mobility allowance, how many appeals by claimants from a decision of an insurance officer were decided upon by medical boards and how many appeals from a decision of a medical board were decided upon by a medical appeal tribunal in 1984; and in each case what number was successful.
§ Mr. NewtonThe available information is as follows:
Numbers Appeals and references decided by medical board 14,750 Decided in claimant's favour 4,800 Appeals decided by medical appeal tribunal 3,933 Decided in claimant's favour 1,107 I regret that it is not possible to identify initial and renewal claims separately.
§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the average length of time between receipt of a claim for mobility allowance and the issue of an order book (a) when the allowance is awarded on the initial application, (b) when it is awarded by a medical board and (c) when it is awarded by a medical appeal tribunal on appeal from a board.
§ Mr. NewtonThe time taken from receipt of a claim for mobility allowance until an order book is received by a successful claimant is about eight and a half weeks where the award is made by the adjudication officer on the basis of a report by an examining medical practitioner, and about 16 weeks where the allowance is awarded by a medical board. Such information is not available about claims which go on appeal either to a medical board or to a medical appeal tribunal because the length of time between the disallowance of a claim and the making of the appeal varies so widely. However, the average time taken by a medical board or medical appeal tribunal to deal with an appeal is five and a half weeks and 99 18 weeks respectively.
§ Mr. Clayasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many claims have been made for mobility allowance; how many claims for mobility allowance have been rejected; how many appeals to local tribunals against decision to reject payment of mobility allowance have been made; and how many of these appeals have been found in favour of the claimant in each of the social security regions, in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. NewtonThe available information is as follows: