§ Rev. Martin Smythasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give, in tabular form, the number of those receiving attendance allowance, mobility allowance, invalid care allowance, non-contributory
Numbers of recipients at 31 December each year Type of Benefit 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Attendance allowance 15,828 16,176 17,580 18,707 20,283 at 4 October 8,179 + 14 cars at Mobility allowance 5,266 + 15 cars 6,039 + 14 cars 6,797 + 14 cars 7,559 + 14 cars September Invalid care allowance 672 680 685 694 683 at 23 August Non-contributory invalidity pension 7,561 7,715 8,220 8,464 10,289 at 26 October Housewives non-contributory invalidity pension 2,271 2,429 2,546 2,587 2,817 at 26 October Severe disablement allowance — — — — 13,348 at 30 November The information is not available by Board areas.