§ Mr. WareingTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) how many people are currently in receipt of(a) attendance allowance and (b) severe disablement allowance;
(2) how many people are in receipt of attendance allowance at (a) the higher rate and (b) the lower rate; and what is the average period for which attendance allowance is paid.
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§ Mr. ScottThe estimated number receiving these benefits in 1989–90 is set out in the following table:
Higher rate Lower rate Total Average length of award Attendance allowance 320,000 475,000 795,000 3 years Severe disablement allowance — — 265,000 —
§ Mr. WareingTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people are currently in receipt of(a) invalidity pension and (b) invalidity allowance; and how many were disqualified from each in the past year.
§ Mr. ScottAt 2 April 1988, the latest date for which figures are available, there were 1,047,500 people in receipt of invalidity pension. Of these 509,100 were also getting invalidity allowance (IVA) and in addition there are 360,300 people who do not receive invalidity allowance because the rate of additional pension or guaranteed minimum pension they receive exceeds the rate of invalidity allowance which would have been payable. I regret that information on the number of people disqualified from invalidity benefit is not available.
§ Mr. WareingTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people are currently in receipt of invalid care allowance.
§ Mr. WareingTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people are in receipt of(a) the disability premium, (b) the severe disability premium and (c) the disabled child premium.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardIn May 1988, the latest date for which this information is available, the number of claimants receiving each of these premiums was as follows:
Numbers (a) Disability premium 248,000 (b) Severe disability premium 35,000 (c) Disabled child premium 14,000 Source: Annual Statistical Inquiry.
§ Mr. WareingTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people have been disqualified from receiving severe disablement allowance in the last year; and for what reasons.
§ Mr. WareingTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people receive disability benefit; how many receive this benefit at the main disability percentage levels; and how many have been disqualified from receipt of this benefit in the past year.
§ Mr. ScottIn April 1988, the latest available date, 189,000 people received disablement benefit. The distribution of assessed levels of disability is as follows:
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Percentage assessment Number of claimants 1 to 19 25,000 20 to 24 66,000 25 to 34 47,000
Percentage assessment Number of claimants 35 to 44 22,000 45 to 54 11,000 55 to 64 7,000 65 to 74 4,000 75 to 84 2,000 85 to 94 1,000 95 to 100 4,000 Total 189,000 Figures on numbers of disqualifications are not available.