HC Deb 11 February 1987 vol 110 cc281-2W
Mr. Alfred Morris

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people were in receipt of (a) attendance allowance and (b) mobility allowance at the latest date for which figures are available; and if he will classify the data according to sex and standard age bands.

Mr. Major

The information requested is set out in the following tables:

Table 1: recipients of attendance allowance at 31 March 1986
Age Male1 Female1
2–4 8,000 5,000
5–9 13,000 10,000
10–15 15,000 11,000
16–19 8,000 6,000
20–29 16,000 13,000
30–39 12,000 12,000
40–49 11,000 14,000
50–59 17,000 21,000
60–64 17,000 18,000
65–69 19,000 23,000
70–74 25,000 33,000
75–79 23,000 45,000
80 and over 39,000 148,000
All ages2 224,000 361,000
1 Because attendance allowance is administered by local offices as well as the 2 central offices, the figures quoted are not precise counts but are statistical estimates, rounded to the nearest thousand.
2 Rounding means that these totals do not correspond to the sum of the individual figures for each age group.

Table 2: Recipients of Mobility Allowance at 30 January 1987
Age Male Female
5–9 4,444 3,742
10–14 4,764 3,904

Age Male Female
15–19 6,283 5,334
20–24 6,930 5,822
25–29 6,503 5,758
30–34 6,453 6,603
35–39 8,928 9,654
40–44 11,311 12,626
45–49 14,585 15,714
50–54 22,095 22,490
55–59 35,093 32,809
60–64 54,921 43,646
65–69 44,141 34,570
70 and over 5,229 4,768
Totals 231,680 207,440

Table 3: Recipients of Mobility Allowance under the Mobility Allowance (Vehicle Scheme Beneficiaries) Regulations 1987 at 30 January 1987
Age Male Female
16–19 2 3
20–24 8 6
25–29 212 136
30–34 674 418
35–39 1,137 760
40–44 1,177 846
45–49 1,107 841
50–54 1,312 861
55–59 1,704 1,062
60–64 2,248 1,211
65–69 2,385 1,206
70–74 1,942 958
75–79 1,248 687
80–84 432 394
85 and over 176 162
Totals 15,764 9,551