§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to her answer of 17 March 1998,Official Report, columns 536–38, how many life awards of disability living allowance were made in each quarter since May 1993 at the (a) higher, (b) middle, (c) lower rates of the care component and (d) higher and (e) lower rate of the mobility component. [36100]
§ Mr. DenhamThe information is set out in the table.
mobility component and (b) the care component of disability living allowance, in each quarter from April 1992 to February 1993; and how many awards were made in that period. [36099]
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§ Mr. DenhamThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is set out in the tables.
Life awards of disability living allowance Care component April 92 to February 93 All rates Higher Middle Lower 5 months ending August 92 53,800 16,100 9,900 27,700 3 months ending November 92 35,200 12,100 9,200 13,900 3 months ending February 93 26,800 10,300 6,500 10,000 Whole period 115,800 38,500 25,700 51,600
Mobility April 92 to February 93 All rates Higher Lower 5 months ending August 92 70,800 45,700 25,100 3 months ending November 92 48,800 35,400 13,400 3 months ending February 93 36,300 26,800 9,600 Whole period 156,000 107,800 48,200 Notes:
1. Figures relate to awards made on initial claim, review or appeal.
2. Owing to rounding the figures may not sum.
Source:
Analytical Services Division: 5 per cent. data.
All awards of disability living allowance Care component April 92 to February 93 All rates Higher Middle Lower 5 months ending August 92 83,000 22,000 22,300 38,800 3 months ending November 92 61,000 17,700 19,800 23,500 3 months ending February 93 47,900 14,600 15,300 17,900 Whole period 191,800 54,200 57,400 80,200
Mobility April 92 to February 93 All rates Higher Lower 5 months ending August 92 104,000 72,500 31,500 3 months ending November 92 78,800 59,800 19,000 3 months ending February 93 58,800 44,700 14,200 Whole period 241,700 177,000 64,700 Notes:
1. Figures related to awards made on initial claim, review or appeal
2. Owing to rounding the figures may not sum.
Source:
Analytical Services Division: 5 per cent. data.
§ Mr. FitzpatrickTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many disability living allowance awards of(a) the lower rate of the mobility component and (b) the lower rate of the care component were made in each year since 1992. [36348]
§ Mr. DenhamThe information is set out in the tables.
Initial awards of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) Year Lower rate of mobility Lowest rate of care 1992–932 128,213 128,297 1993–942 41,720 56,239 1994–95 41,336 61,014 1995–96 48,802 66,738 1996–97 48,206 71,861 1997–983 41,928 58,221 Notes:
1. Figures relate to awards made on initial claim.
2. Includes top up claims.
3. Figures relate to the 10 months ending 28 February 1998.
Source:
Analytical Services Division: 100 per cent. data.
424WThe figures provided above relate to initial claims to the benefit. Figures for all awards of these components of DLA, to include those where another component has already been awarded, are given below.
Awards of lower rate mobility and lowest rate care components of DLA Year2 Lower rate of mobility Lowest rate of care 1992–933 131,500 137,500 1993–943 66,900 87,400 1994–95 67,800 90,600 1995–96 74,300 100,300 1996–97 73,900 101,700 1997–984 53,100 68,900 Notes:
1. Rounded figures relate to awards of a component due to initial claims, renewal claims, reviews or appeals.
2. Figures relate to the 12 months ending February 1998.
3. Includes top up claims.
4. Figures relate to the 9 months ending 30 November 1997.
5. Figures rounded to the nearest hundred.
Source:
Analytical Services Division: 5 per cent. data.
§ Mr. FitzpatrickTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many awards are currently being paid from(a) the Independent Living (Extension) Fund and (b) the Independent Living (1993) Fund. [36349]
§ Mr. DenhamThe number of awards paid from the Independent Living (Extension) Fund is 10,647 and from the Independent Living (1993) Fund 4,012.
Notes:
1. These figures are correct as of 24 March 1998.2. Figures are for the UK.
§ Mr. FitzpatrickTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many and what proportion of people in receipt of disability living allowance aged between 18 and 65 years have earnings from employment. [36347]
§ Mr. DenhamThere are 1,344,000 Disability Living Allowance recipients aged between 18–65 years1. The proportion with earnings from employment2 is 9 per cent.
Notes:
This includes people from their 18th birthday up to but not including the 65th birthday.The figure is rounded to nearest 1,000.Source:
15 per cent. data.2Family Resources Survey 1995/96.
§ Mr. FitzpatrickTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many life awards of disability living allowance are currently in payment. [36350]
§ Mr. DenhamOut of a total of 1,956,000 awards of Disability Living Allowance in payment, 1,439,000 are life awards.
Notes:
1. The figures quoted relate to 30 November 1997.2. Figures are rounded to the nearest 1,000.Source:
425WAnalytical Services Division 5 per cent. data.