§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will give the number of applications for mobility allowance in each quarter of the last five years; and if he will give a percentage that are successful for each quarter;
(2) how many people applied for mobility allowance; and what percentage were successful in each quarter for the last five years.
§ Mr. Newton[pursuant to his reply, 16 May 1986, c. 588]: Information is not available in the precise form requested. The table shows the number of initial claims decided, and the percentage of those that were successful, in each of the specified quarters.
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Year Quarter Number of claims decided Percentage successful 1981 1 14,300 67 2 14,200 66 3 17,900 67 4 14,400 69 1982 1 19,800 70 2 20,100 67 3 27,000 66 4 21,100 66 1983 1 23,300 68 2 25,100 66 3 25,600 66 4 32,800 65 1984 1 26,700 69 2 24,400 69 3 29,400 69 4 27,600 70 1985 1 29,500 70 2 28,000 68
Year Quarter Number of claims decided Percentage successful 3 35,100 64 4 37,200 63 1986 1 35,200 66