§ Paul FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many disabled(a) children under 16 and (b) people aged between 16 and 59 receive (i) Disability Living Allowance, (ii) Higher Rate Care Component only, (iii) Middle Rate Care Component only, (iv) Higher Rate Mobility Component only, (v) Higher Rate Care with Higher Rate Mobility Components, (vi) Higher Rate Care with Lower Rate Mobility Components, (vii) Middle Rate Care with Higher Rate Mobility Components, (viii) Middle Rate Care with Lower Rate Mobility Components and (ix) Lower Rate Care with Higher Rate Mobility Components; and how many recipients in each case are part of a household in which another adult under 60 or child also gets Disability Living Allowance at one of the above rates. [139114]
§ Maria EagleThe information on the numbers of disabled people receiving the various combinations of Disability Living Allowance is given in the following table.
Disability Living Allowance by age bands and components as at 31 May 2003 DLA combination Under 16 16–59 Higher Rate Care Only 28.6 7.0 Middle Rate Care Only 51.3 38.4 Higher Rate Mobility Only 2.8 186.5 Higher Rate Care and Higher Mobility 40.8 183.9 Higher Rate Care Lower Rate Mobility 33.8 65.9 Middle Rate Care and Higher Rate Mobility 15.2 172.4 Middle Rate Care and Lower Rate Mobility 63.7 193.0 Lower Rate Care and Higher Rate Mobility 0.9 183.4 Note
Figures are in thousands and rounded to the nearest hundred.
Source
IAD Information Centre, 5 per cent. sample.
789W5 per cent. of households with a person under 60 claiming Disability Living Allowance (DLA) have another person under 60 also claiming DLA. It is not possible to break this figure down by the individual components as requested.
Notes
1. The information on numbers within households is based on data from the Family Resource Survey (FRS) for 2001–02.
2. The information on benefit receipt taken from the FRS is based on self-assessment and therefore may be subject to misreporting.
3. The estimates are based on sample counts that have been adjusted for non-response. These estimates are subject to sampling error and response bias.