Attendance Allowance (Hansard, 25 July 1988)

§ Mr. Hinchliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how many applications for attendance allowance were(a) made and (b) granted in the last year for which figures are available;

(2) how many applications for attendance were disallowed, not including those granted after appeal, in the last year for which figures are available;

(3) how many claims for attendance allowance were disallowed following an initial medical report, by the attendance allowance board, but were granted attendance allowance after appeal, for the last year for which figures are available.

Attendance Allowance 1987
	Number
Claims Received	319,667
Claims Successful at initial stage	208,693
Claims Unsuccessful at initial stage	91,888
Claims Successful on review¹	44,104
¹ Claims successful on review include:
(i) claims made before 1987.
(ii) claims where the allowance is awarded for the first time.
(iii) claims where the allowance awarded is increased from lower to higher rate.
(iv) claims where the allowance is awarded for a longer period.