§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many (a) men and (b) women have applied for the domestic care allowance; and how many and what percentage of these applications were successful, in each of the years from 1980 to 1983.
§ Mr. NewtonI assume that the right hon. Member is referring to invalid care allowance. The available information is as follows. It relates to decisions made in each year, not to claims received.
Invalid Care Allowance 1980–1983 1980– 1981*
Number of Awards decisions Number Percent 1980 6,332 2,688 42 1981 5,943 2,805 47 * It is not possible to distinguish between figures for men and women in these years.
1982–1983 Men Women Number of decisions Awards Number of decisions Awards Number Percent. Number Percent. 1982 2,733 1,823 67 3,757 1,676 45 1983 2,771 1,974 71 3,393 1,563 46