§ Mr. Robert McCartneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people in each Northern Ireland constituency are currently in receipt of(a) disability living allowance, (b) incapacity benefit, (c) attendance allowance, (d) invalid care allowance and (e) severe disablement allowance. [25758]
§ Mr. MossThe information is not available at present for either attendance allowance or invalid care allowance. The information for disability living allowance, incapacity benefit and severe disablement allowance is given in the following table:186W
Parliamentary constituencies Disability living allowance 30 November 19951 Incapacity benefit2 30 November 19951 Severe disablement allowance2 30 November 19951 Belfast East 3,909 3,844 540 Belfast North 6,938 5,985 713 Belfast South 3,494 3,417 482 Belfast West 9,622 6,412 838 East Antrim 4,345 4,918 646 East Londonderry 4,554 5,591 946 Fernanagh and South Tyrone 4,718 4,599 885 Foyle 9,449 8,220 1,209 Lagan Valley 5,581 4,864 692 Mid Ulster 6,536 7,057 1,066 Newry and Armagh 6,046 6,474 1,110 North Antrim 3,726 4,881 793 North Down 3,422 3,852 632 Strangford 3,739 4,496 658 South Antrim 4,705 4,685 1,040 South Down 5,486 6,342 1,033 Upper Bann 6,779 6,930 791 Missing Postcodes3 3,744 3,416 684 Total 96,793 95,983 14,758 1 This is the most recent date for which information is available for all three benefits. 2 Figures do not include clerical cases which are not held on the system. The number of clerical cases is, at present, unknown, but is estimated to form only a small proportion of the total cases. 3 A number of cases cannot be allocated to constituencies as their postcodes have not been provided. These cases may not be evenly distributed across constituencies.