HC Deb 13 December 1989 vol 163 cc665-8W
Mr. Alfred Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the number of recipients of attendance allowance at(a) the higher rate and (b) the lower rate by sex and standard age cohorts at the last date for which figures are available.

Mr. Scott

The information requested is in the table.

Recipients of invalidity benefit at 2 April 1988 and numbers who receive additional pension
Thousands
Men Women
Age Total recipients Recipients of additional pension Total recipients add Recipients of additional pension
All ages 807.8 608.3 239.7 174.7
Under 20 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.2
20–24 5.6 4.2 7.6 6.6
25–29 120 9.6 16.2 14.4
30–34 22.5 17.7 19.5 14.8
35–39 29.7 21.1 22.0 14.4
40–44 47.2 33.4 25.6 19.2
45–49 58.1 38.8 30.9 21.1
50–54 94.8 67.6: 44.0 32.6
55–59 149.5 115.7 53.0 39.5

Attendance allowance: recipients by sex and age cohort at 31 March 1988
Thousands
Higher rate Lower rate
Males Females Males Females
All ages 101 186 161 264
2–4 4 3 5 4
5–9 7 5 10 7
10–15 6 4 9 7
16–19 3 2 5 4
20–29 6 5 12 11
30–39 4 5 8 9
40–49 5 7 9 10
50–59 8 11 13 14
60–64 8 9 12 12
65–69 9 12 14 16
70–74 10 15 15 21
75–79 12 23 17 33
80 and over 19 84 32 117

Mr. Alfred Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the number of recipients of invalid care allowance by sex and standard age cohorts at the last date for which figures are available.

Mr. Scott

The information requested is in the table.

Invalid care allowance: Recipients by sex and age cohort at 26 September 1989
Numbers
Age bands Males Females
All ages 19,044 99,202
Under 20 111 360
20–24 284 1,933
25–29 535 7,156
30–34 847 12,232
35–39 1,304 13,902
40–44 1,921 15,504
45–49 2,324 13,562
50–54 2,971 14,489
55–59 4,202 14,758
60–64 4,273 '5,306
65 and over 272
1 All Females aged 60 and over.

Mr. Alfred Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the number of recipients of invalidity benefit by sex and standard age cohorts at the last date for which figures are available; and if he will further break down the figures by(a) receipt of an additional component and (b) receipt of each rate of invalidity allowance.

Mr. Scott

The information requested is in the tables.

Men Women
Age Total recipients Recipients of additional pension Total recipients Recipients of additional pension
60–64 258–2 210.9 20.2 11.9
65 and over 129.9 89.0

Recipients of invalidity benefit at 2 April 1988 who receive invalidity allowance1
Thousands
Men Women
Age High rate Medium rate Low rate High rate Medium rate Low rate Total
All ages 130.9 102.0 104.6 95.6 53.7 22.3 509.1
Under 20 0.3 0.7 1.0
20–24 5.6 7.5 13.1
25–29 10.5 15.4 25.9
30–34 17.1 18.0 35.1
35–39 22.3 20.2 42.5
40–44 29.5 4.1 16.3 5.8 55.7
45–49 19.2 16.4 8.1 16.7 60.4
50–54 13.6 30.3 4.7 4.1 18.6 6.7 78.0
55–59 7.3 30.2 19.3 3.8 9.9 11.3 81.8
60–64 4.1 17.3 46.5 1.5 2.7 4.3 76.4
65 and over 1.4 3.7 34.1 39.2
1 Numbers of recipients are those who actually receive some Invalidity Allowance (IVA) In addition there are 360,300 people who do not receive IVA because the rate of Additional Pension or guaranteed minimum pension they receive exceeds the rate of IVA which would have been payable

Mr. Alfred Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the number of recipients of mobility allowance by sex and standard age cohorts at the last date for which figures are available.

Mr. Scott

The latest available information, as at 30 September 1989, is in the table.

Recipients who transferred from vehicle scheme Other Recipients
Age Groups Male Female Male Female
5–9 5,001 4,026
10–14 4,493 3,667
15–19 1 2 5,775 4,955
20–24 5 4 7,106 6,223
25–29 17 15 7,808 7,295
30–34 487 311 7,555 7,980
35–39 860 580 9,517 10,569
40–44 1,308 952 13,998 15,915
45–49 1,077 845 17,699 19,385
50–54 1,163 902 26,871 28,156
55–59 1,458 986 41,642 40,085
60–64 1,835 1,103 64,511 54,608
65–69 2,303 1,355 61,787 50,486
70–74 1,621 965 13,314 12,605
75–79 1,294 806
80–84 564 495
85 and over 226 219
All ages 14,219 9,450 287,077 265,955

Mr. Alfred Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the number of recipients of severe disablement allowance by sex and standard age cohorts at the last date for which figures are available.

Mr. Scott

The latest information, at 2 April 1988, is in the table.

Men Women
All ages 103,400 160,000
Under 20 11,200 8,500
20–24 16,400 11,300
25–29 13,600 10,300
30–34 8,100 11,000
35–39 10,300 12,900

Men Women
40–44 8,700 15,300
45–49 7,400 16,100
50–54 5,300 21,200
55–59 7,400 28,100
60–64 8,300 17,200
65 and over 6,600 8,000

Note: Figures are based on a 1 per cent. sample.