HC Deb 26 October 1988 vol 139 cc202-4W
Mr. Alfred Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will provide a breakdown by sex and standard age cohorts of recipients of invalidity benefit at the last date for which figures are available.

Mr. Scott

At April 1987, the latest date for which information is available, the following were in receipt of invalidity benefit.

Age Men Women
Under 20 300 300
20–24 5,700 8,300
25–29 13,800 17,700
30–34 19,300 19,100
35–39 31,700 20,600
40–44 41,800 19,800
45–49 56,500 27,800
50–54 88,400 38,600
55–59 137,100 44,600
60–64 250,200 16,700
65 and over 109,600

Mr. Alfred Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will provide a breakdown by sex and standard age cohorts of recipients of severe disablement allowance at the last date for which figures are available.

Mr. Scott

The latest available information is as follows.

Severe disablement allowance claimants incapacitated on 4 April 1987 analysed by age at 31 March 1987
Men Women
All ages 102,300 157,900
Under 20 12,300 8,300
20–24 15,700 10,200
25–29 13,100 10,800
30–34 8,800 10,800
35–39 9,200 13,100
40–44 9,300 14,900
45–49 6,400 16,700
50–54 5,500 21,700
55–59 7,500 28,500
60–64 8,400 15,900
65 and over 6,100 7,000

Note: The figures are quoted to the nearest 100.

Mr. Alfred Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will provide a breakdown by sex and standard age cohorts of recipients of attendance allowance at(a) the higher rate and (b) the lower rate at the last date for which figures are available.

Mr. Scott

The requested information is in the table:

Attendance Allowance: Estimate of numbers of recipients at 31 March 1987 by age, sex and rate
Age (years) Males Females
Higher Rate Lower Rate Higher Rate Lower Rate
All ages1 93,000 148,000 166,000 234,000
2–4 3,000 5,000 3,000 4,000
5–9 6,000 9,000 4,000 6,000
10–15 5,000 9,000 4,000 7,000
16–19 3,000 5,000 2,000 4,000
20–29 5,000 11,000 5,000 10,000
30–39 4,000 8,000 5,000 8,000
40–49 5,000 8,000 7,000 8,000
50–59 8,000 12,000 11,000 13,000
60–64 8,000 11,000 9,000 11,000
65–69 8,000 12,000 10,000 14,000
70–74 10,000 14,000 15,000 20,000
75–79 11,000 15,000 20,000 29,000
80 + 16,000 29,000 71,000 101,000

Note

1 Due to rounding figures under age cohorts may not sum to those for "all ages".

Mr. Alfred Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will provide a breakdown by sex and standard age cohorts of recipients of mobility allowance(a) who have reserved rights under the former vehicle scheme and (b) who do not have reserved rights, at the last date for which figures are available.

Mr. Scott

The available information about mobility allowance recipients, at 7 October 1988, is as follows:

Age Groups Recipients who Transferred from Vehicle Scheme Other Recipients
Male Female Male Female
5–9 4,908 3,975
10–14 4,625 3,709
15–19 1 2 6,188 5,318
20–24 7 4 7,283 6,280
25–29 74 58 7,542 6,807
30–34 578 346 7,342 7,648
35–39 953 652 9,467 10,370
40–44 1,253 941 13,566 15,142
45–49 1,101 845 16,895 18,529
50–54 1,160 919 25,939 26,313
55–59 1,571 1,000 40,287 38,392
60–64 1,986 1,146 62,336 51,131

Age Groups Recipients who Transferred from Vehicle Scheme Other Recipients
Male Female Male Female
65–69 2,317 1,386 56,767 45,771
70–74 1,768 947 10,425 9,397
75–79 1,301 768
80–84 499 467
85 and over 224 180

Mr. Alfred Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will provide a breakdown by sex and standard age cohorts of recipients of invalid care allowance at the last date for which figures are available.

Mr. Scott

The requested information is in the table:

Invalid care allowance: Numbers of recipients at 28 September 1988 by age and sex
Age (Years) Males Females
All ages 14,279 90,474
Under 20 78 300
20–24 173 1,680
25–29 319 6,311
30–34 565 10,889
35–39 929 12,814
40–44 1,370 13,948
45–49 1,645 12,322
50–54 2,181 13,457
55–59 3,103 14,153
60–64 3,550 14,600
65 and over 366
1 Note: Separate figures are not collected for the numbers of female recipients aged 60–64 and 65 and over.