§ Mr. GrahamTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will list(a) on a national basis, (b) on a regional basis and (c) for Renfrew, West and Inverclyde constituency, the number of married or cohabiting men in receipt of invalid care allowance in each of the years 1981 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986;
(2) if he will list (a) on a national basis, (b) on a regional basis and (c) for Renfrew, West and Inverclyde constituency, the number of successful claims for invalid care allowance made by married or cohabiting men in each of the years 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986.
§ Mr. ScottI regret that the requested information is not available. The information which is available is set out in the table.
Invalid care allowance awards Men in Great Britain (1) (2) (3) (4) Year Number of awards made Awards in (2) where the disabled person was the claimant's spouse Number of awards current at 31 December 1981 1606 1333 3,442 1982 1,825 909 4,113 1983 1,975 958 4,776 1984 2,272 1,093 5,409 1985 3,433 1,089 5,989 1986 3,248 1,309 7,135 1 Commencing 30 April 1981.