HC Deb 11 July 1990 vol 176 c243W
Mr. Livsey

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what measures he proposes to implement to increase the take-up of attendance allowance among members of the social security disabled persons register.

Mr. Scott

We have no plans to mount such a campaign. The number of people receiving attendance allowance has more than doubled from 306,000 in 1979 to 763,000 in 1989.

Mr. Livsey

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is his estimate of the percentage of people on the social security disabled persons register currently not receiving the attendance allowances entitled to them; and how much money the unclaimed benefit amounts to.

Mr. Scott

Information is not kept in a form which would enable such a comparison to be made.

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