§ Mr. Alfred MorrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will provide a breakdown by sex and standard age cohorts of recipients of invalidity benefit at the last date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. ScottAt April 1987, the latest date for which information is available, the following were in receipt of invalidity benefit.
Age Men Women Under 20 300 300 20–24 5,700 8,300 25–29 13,800 17,700 30–34 19,300 19,100 35–39 31,700 20,600 40–44 41,800 19,800 45–49 56,500 27,800 50–54 88,400 38,600 55–59 137,100 44,600 60–64 250,200 16,700 65 and over 109,600 —
§ Mr. Alfred MorrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will provide a breakdown by sex and standard age cohorts of recipients of severe disablement allowance at the last date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. ScottThe latest available information is as follows.
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Severe disablement allowance claimants incapacitated on 4 April 1987 analysed by age at 31 March 1987 Men Women All ages 102,300 157,900 Under 20 12,300 8,300 20–24 15,700 10,200 25–29 13,100 10,800 30–34 8,800 10,800 35–39 9,200 13,100 40–44 9,300 14,900 45–49 6,400 16,700 50–54 5,500 21,700 55–59 7,500 28,500 60–64 8,400 15,900 65 and over 6,100 7,000 Note: The figures are quoted to the nearest 100.
§ Mr. Alfred MorrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will provide a breakdown by sex and standard age cohorts of recipients of attendance allowance at(a) the higher rate and (b) the lower rate at the last date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. ScottThe requested information is in the table:
Attendance Allowance: Estimate of numbers of recipients at 31 March 1987 by age, sex and rate Age (years) Males Females Higher Rate Lower Rate Higher Rate Lower Rate All ages1 93,000 148,000 166,000 234,000 2–4 3,000 5,000 3,000 4,000 5–9 6,000 9,000 4,000 6,000 10–15 5,000 9,000 4,000 7,000 16–19 3,000 5,000 2,000 4,000 20–29 5,000 11,000 5,000 10,000 30–39 4,000 8,000 5,000 8,000 40–49 5,000 8,000 7,000 8,000 50–59 8,000 12,000 11,000 13,000 60–64 8,000 11,000 9,000 11,000 65–69 8,000 12,000 10,000 14,000 70–74 10,000 14,000 15,000 20,000 75–79 11,000 15,000 20,000 29,000 80 + 16,000 29,000 71,000 101,000 Note
1 Due to rounding figures under age cohorts may not sum to those for "all ages".
§ Mr. Alfred MorrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will provide a breakdown by sex and standard age cohorts of recipients of mobility allowance(a) who have reserved rights under the former vehicle scheme and (b) who do not have reserved rights, at the last date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. ScottThe available information about mobility allowance recipients, at 7 October 1988, is as follows:
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Age Groups Recipients who Transferred from Vehicle Scheme Other Recipients Male Female Male Female 5–9 — — 4,908 3,975 10–14 — — 4,625 3,709 15–19 1 2 6,188 5,318 20–24 7 4 7,283 6,280 25–29 74 58 7,542 6,807 30–34 578 346 7,342 7,648 35–39 953 652 9,467 10,370 40–44 1,253 941 13,566 15,142 45–49 1,101 845 16,895 18,529 50–54 1,160 919 25,939 26,313 55–59 1,571 1,000 40,287 38,392 60–64 1,986 1,146 62,336 51,131
Age Groups Recipients who Transferred from Vehicle Scheme Other Recipients Male Female Male Female 65–69 2,317 1,386 56,767 45,771 70–74 1,768 947 10,425 9,397 75–79 1,301 768 — — 80–84 499 467 — — 85 and over 224 180 — —
§ Mr. Alfred MorrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will provide a breakdown by sex and standard age cohorts of recipients of invalid care allowance at the last date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. ScottThe requested information is in the table:
Invalid care allowance: Numbers of recipients at 28 September 1988 by age and sex Age (Years) Males Females All ages 14,279 90,474 Under 20 78 300 20–24 173 1,680 25–29 319 6,311 30–34 565 10,889 35–39 929 12,814 40–44 1,370 13,948 45–49 1,645 12,322 50–54 2,181 13,457 55–59 3,103 14,153 60–64 3,550 14,600 65 and over 366 1 Note: Separate figures are not collected for the numbers of female recipients aged 60–64 and 65 and over.