§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to her answer to the hon. Member for Bradford, North (Mr. Rooney) of 22 December 1997,Official Report, columns 459–61; if she will estimate the (a) regional distribution and (b) distribution between household income bands based on quartiles of the income range of claimants of disability living allowance care, disability living allowance mobility and attendance allowance in each year from 1992–93. [22994]
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§ Mr. DenhamThe information requested is set out in the tables.
People in receipt of DLA and AA at 1993–94 by Government Office region Disability Living Allowance Government Office region Care1 Mobility1 Attendance allowance2 North 35,500 64,200 — Yorkshire and Humberside 57,800 103,000 — East Midlands 41,400 70,600 — East 39,600 63,300 — London 56,000 74,100 — South East 57,000 80,100 — South West 40,600 61,600 — West Midlands 59,400 95,300 — North West 67,100 124,800 — Merseyside 28,000 49,800 — England 482,400 787,000 760,200 Wales 40,500 81,600 56,400 Scotland 67,000 113,200 73,800 All 589,900 981,800 890,300
People in receipt of DLA and AA at 1993–94 by Government Office region Disability Living Allowance Government Office region Care1 Mobility1 Attendance Allowance2 North 44,800 73,800 — Yorkshire and Humberside 73,400 116,900 — East Midlands 51,200 80,600 — East 49,600 73,600 — London 72,300 93,000 — South East 67,700 94,600 — South West 46,800 69,100 — West Midlands 75,400 112,000 — North West 84,600 141,100 — Merseyside 37,000 57,800 — England 602,600 912,500 815,100 Wales 53,900 94,100 64,800 Scotland 85,100 130,600 82,400 All 741,600 1,137,100 962,400 662W
People in receipt of DLA and AA at 1994–95 by Government Office region Disability Living Allowance Government Office region Care1 Mobility1 Attendance Allowance2 North 56,600 87,200 — Yorkshire and Humberside 88,000 132,200 — East Midlands 61,100 90,200 — East 60,400 83,600 — London 89,400 109,900 — South East 80,900 108,500 — South West 57,600 80,700 — West Midlands 92,200 128,700 — North West 102,700 160,100 — Merseyside 46,200 66,000 — England 735,100 1,047,100 884,500 Wales 67,300 110,100 72,500 Scotland 105,600 151,100 89,500 All 908,100 1,308,400 1,046,500
People in receipt of DLA and AA at 1995–96 by Government Office region Disability Living Allowance Government Office region Care1 Mobility1 Attendance Allowance1 North 69,300 99,200 48,200 Yorkshire and Humberside 105,500 150,500 103,200 East Midlands 73,700 102,500 75,700 East 71,700 95,000 91,500 London 106,700 127,600 106,100 South East 93,600 122,000 121,200 South West 69,300 93,100 97,100 West Midlands 109,000 146,400 111,300 North West 123,700 179,200 126,400 Merseyside 55,400 74,000 40,800 England 878,100 1,189,600 921,400 Wales 82,200 125,500 80,000 Scotland 124,600 170,700 107,000 All 1,084,900 1,485,700 1,108,500
People in receipt of DLA and AA at 1996–97 by Government Office region Disability Living Allowance Government Office region Care1 Mobility1 Attendance Allowance1 North 80,400 108,800 52,700 Yorkshire and Humberside 120,000 163,500 106,600 East Midlands 84,700 111,800 81,800 East 83,100 103,600 94,100 London 124,000 142,600 108,300 South East 106,500 133,500 122,600 South West 80,400 102,900 106,400 West Midlands 122,800 158,600 116,700 North West 63,300 80,500 132,100 Merseyside 143,200 196,600 43,500 England 1,008,400 1,302,400 964,700 Wales 97,800 139,100 86,800 Scotland 142,500 188,000 114,900 All 1,248,700 1,629,500 1,166,400 Source
Analytical Services Division: 5 per cent. data.
Note:
1 Figures relate to 28 February.
2 Figures relate to 31 March.
1. No figures by region for AA are available prior to 1995–96 because of the lack of a reliable regional indicator in the data.
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Position in the household income distribution of benefit units in receipt of Disability Living Allowance or Attendance Allowance (GB) 1995–96 Per cent. Quartile DLA (care) DLA Mobility DLA AA Either AA or DLA Bottom 25 per cent. 16 15 17 14 16 Next 25 per cent. 39 41 41 40 41 Next 25 per cent. 32 32 31 32 31 Top 25 per cent. 13 12 12 13 12 All 100 100 100 100 100
1994–95 Per cent. Quartile DLA (care) DLA (mobility) DLA AA Either AA or DLA Bottom 25 per cent. 13 13 15 12 14 Next 25 per cent. 44 44 44 44 44 Next 25 per cent. 31 30 30 30 31 Top 25 per cent. 12 14 12 12 11 All 100 100 100 100 100
1992–93 and 1993–94 financial years combined in UK Per cent. Quartile DLA AA Either AA or DLA Bottom 25 per cent. 13 10 12 Next 25 per cent. 42 51 46 Next 25 per cent. 34 31 32 Top 25 per cent. 10 8 9 All 100 100 100 1. The estimates for the financial years 1994–95 and 1995–96 are based on the Family Resources Survey (FRS).
2. The estimates for the combined financial years 1992–93 and 1993–94 are based ont he Family Expenditure Survey (FES). As the FES has a smaller sample size than the FRS we have combined two financial years and not provided estimates for the separate components of DLA.
3. The measure of income used is household equivalised net income before housing costs (BHC). Measured income will include the value of the DLA and AA received. The distribution of recipients changes if the value of DLA and AA from household income as in the following table.
Position in the household income distribution of benefit units in receipt of Disability Living Allowance or Attendance Allowance (GB) 1995–96 Per cent. Quartile Household income includes the value of AA/DLA Household income excludes the value of AA/DLA Bottom 25 per cent. 16 39 Next 25 per cent. 41 34 Next 25 per cent. 31 19 Top 25 per cent. 12 7 All 100 100 1. Incomes are equivalised to adjust for household size and composition. No adjustment is made to household income to reflect any additional needs that people with disabilities might have.
2. Recipients in institutions are not covered by the Family Resources Survey.
3. The FRS is a sample survey and all estimates must be treated as approximate.
4. FRS estimates are available on a GB basis only as the FRS doesn't cover Northern Ireland and NI has no equivalent survey. FES estimates relate to the UK.
5. Results show the proportion of benefit units receiving AA and DLA by position of the benefit unit in the household distribution of income. A benefit unit is defined as a single adult or couple together with any dependent children. A household can comprise more than one benefit unit, for example a pensioner living with their grown up children.
6. Sample sizes are such that differences between the years are unlikely to be statistically significant.
7. For the income distribution which excludes benefits the knock on effect on Income Related Benefit receipt has not been estimated, though this is likely to be small on average.
8. As the question is using a series of years the FES comparable measures of income and FES comparable grossing factors have been used on the FRS.