§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many applications have been received in each quarter since September 2000 for(a) attendance allowance, (b) disability living allowance and (c) invalid care allowance; of those how many were (i) successful. (ii) unsuccessful, (iii) subject to appeal and (iv) successful at appeal; how many (A) claims, (B) reviews, (C) reconsiderations and (D) appeals there were on which a decision had not been reached at the end of each quarter; how many applications have been (1) subject lo reconsideration and (2) successful at reconsideration; what was the average number of days taken to process appeals; and what the average processing time has been for (a) first-time claims and (b) appeals for claims to be reconsidered in each quarter over the last three years. [105398]
Disability living allowance—mobility component: (i) annual number of new awards to people aged 60, 61, 62, 63 and 64; (ii) average age in years of people with new awards; and (iii) number of recipients aged 65 in Great Britain as at 30 November of each year from 1998 to 2002 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 (i) Annual number of new awards of DLA mobility component to people aged: 60 7,400 6,900 8,700 7,200 7,700 61 6,400 6,300 7,500 6,900 6,800 62 7,000 6,500 7,500 7,200 8,400 63 7.400 7,000 8,100 7,200 8,700 64 7,900 8,000 8,600 8,600 8,900 (ii) Average age in years of people with new awards of DLA mobility component 41 41 41 41 41 (iii) Number of DLA mobility component recipients aged 65 58,800 63,700 66,200 66,700 69,000 Notes:
1. Figures are taken from a 5 per cent, sample of DLA computer system records as at 30 November each year.
2. All figures are rounded to the nearest hundred, except for those for item (ii) of the table.
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