§ Lord Lairdasked Her Majesty's Government:
What percentage of people living in each of the 18 Northern Ireland constituencies, and in Northern Ireland overall, and in Scotland, England, and Wales, receive disability living allowance. [HL1262]
§ Baroness Hollis of HeighamThe information requested is shown in the tables below.
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Disability Living Allowance recipients as a percentage of the population in Northern Ireland by constituency based on NISRA 2002 mid-year estimates. Table 1 DLA Parliamentary Constituency Allowances % of Population Belfast East 6,742 8.6 Belfast North 11,608 13.7 Belfast South 6,740 7.1 Belfast West 15,225 17.5
Disability Living Allowance recipients as a percentage of the population in Northern Ireland by constituency based on NISRA 2002 mid-year estimates. Table 1 DLA Parliamentary Constituency Allowances % of Population East Antrim 5,723 6.8 East Londonderry 6,070 6.8 Fermanagh and South Tyrone 7,728 8.4 Foyle 12,620 11.9 Lagan Valley 6,863 6.7 Mid Ulster 8,393 9.6 Newry and Armagh 10,349 10.1 North Antrim 6,730 6.6 North Down 4,816 5.6 South Antrim 7,019 7.0 South Down 9,318 8.8 Strangford 6,716 6.8 Upper Bann 10,378 10.0 West Tyrone 10,676 12.2 Missing Postcode2 1,581 Totals 155,295 9.2 1Source:
NISRA 2002 mid year estimates (Demography & Methodology Branch).
2 Constituency is assigned using the claimant's postcode, if a postcode is missing then we cannot assign a constituency.
Disability Living Allowance recipients as a percentage of the population for England, Scotland and Wales as at 31 August 2003 Table 2 Thousands Total DLA Recipients Recipients as a percentage of the population All 2,526.7 4.39 England 2,040.4 4.12 Scotland 281.2 5.56 Wales 205.0 7.02 Source:
IAD Information Centre, 50 per cent sample
Note:
Figures are in thousands and rounded to the nearest hundred.
Percentages are based on 2002 population estimates from ONS.