§ Mr. AshleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the purpose of reviewing attendance 619W allowance when a recipient commences an employment training programme or a youth training scheme; and if he will make a statement;
(2) how many reviews of attendance allowance recipients who entered employment training or a youth training scheme took place in 1988; and what percentage of these reviews have resulted in the withdrawal of attendance allowance.
§ Mr. Scott[holding answer 20 January 1989]: Entitlement to an attendance allowance is reviewed if there has been a relevant change in a recipient's attendance needs. It is for the independent attendance allowance board to decide whether such a change has occurred in each individual case. Information about the number and outcome of reviews conducted in 1988 where the attendance needs of a recipient undergoing employment or youth training had changed is not available.