§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of people in receipt of attendance allowance at each rate at 31 December 1984; and if he will break down the figures by (a) social security region, (b) the rate per 1,000 population in each region and (c) the rate per 1,000 of population over 65 years of age in each region.
§ Mr. Newton[pursuant to his reply, 26 March 1985, c. 173–4]: The available information is in the following tables. I regret that information is not available to provide a regional breakdown of attendance allowance recipients over 65 expressed as a rate per thousand of the population over 65.
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Table 1 Attendance allowances current on 31 March 1984* Analysed by region and expressed as a rate per thousand of the population† Region‡ Higher rate Lower rate Number in receipt Rate per 1,000 population Number in receipt Rate per 1,000 population Northern 9,493 3.06 14,388 4.64 Yorks and Humberside 15,706 3.20 25,628 5.22 East Midlands 14,547 3.77 18,801 4.87 East Anglia 4,403 2.29 5.787 3.01 South East 52.242 3.07 74.155 4.35 South West 19.726 4.46 22.820 5.16 West Midlands 21.878 4.23 31,662 6.12 North West 23,824 3.72 38,747 6.04 Scotland 14,287 2.77 24,155 4.69 Wales 17,722 6.31 19,701 7.02 Great Britain 193,828 3.54 275,844 5.03 Notes:
* Estimate.
† Mid-1983 Estimates.
‡ The regions are Standard Regions and do not match Social Security regions precisely.
Table 2 Attendance allowance recipients over 65 on 31 March 1984* Expressed as a rate per thousand of the population over 65† Number in receipt Rate per 1,000 population England 231,681 33.91 Scotland 19,363 27.23 Wales 23,901 54.20 Great Britain 274,945 34.43 Notes:
* Estimate.
† Mid-1983 Estimates.