§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing for each of the counties of Wales the number of persons per thousand population in receipt of attendance allowance and mobility allowance respectively.
§ Mr. PrenticeI have been asked to reply.
The available information relates to social security regions, as follows, and not to counties. The estimates of attendance allowance recipients have been revised since my reply to the hon. Member for Glasgow, Govan (Mr. McMahon) on 10 July.—[Vol. 988, c. 284–86.]
Recipients at 31 December 1979. Social Security Region Attendance Number* Allowance Rate† Mobility Number‡ Allowance Rate† Northern 16,500 5.5 6,700 2.25 Yorkshire and Humberside 23,500 4.7 12,350 2.50 East Midlands and East Anglia 26,500 4.9 10,610 1.93 London North 21,000 4.0 9,190 1.76 London West 26,500 4.8 8,980 1.63 London South 36,000 5.9 11,370 1.86 South-West 25,000 5.8 8,820 2.04 West Midlands 26,000 5.1 10,530 2.04 North-Western (Manchester) 18,000 5.2 8,480 2.50 North-Western (Merseyside) 20,500 6.3 7,450 2.28 Wales 22,500 8.1 7,920 2.85 *Estimated. †Per 1,000 population. ‡Excludes those awarded mobility allowance under the Vehicle Scheme Beneficiaries Regulations 1977 (23,518 at 31 December 1979).