HC Deb 16 February 1989 vol 147 c337W
Mr. Alfred Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish in theOfficial Report tables relating receipt of attendance allowance at each rate to the amount of extra expenditure on home services, classified according to severity of disability from the data

All recipients of higher rate attendance allowance: average extra expenditure on home services1
Severity category2
1–2 3–4 5–6 7–8 9–10 1–10
(Standard deviation)
A. Average weekly extra expenditure on home services
Pensioners (£) 3— 3— 3— 1.70 1.70 1.60 (6.10)
Non-pensioners (£) 3— 3— 3— 3— 2.00 1.50 (7.10)
All disabled adults (£) 3— 3— 3— 1.40 1.80 1.60 (6.40)
B. Proportion with expenditure on home services
Pensioners (per cent.) 3— 3— 3— 29 17 22
Non-pensioners (per cent.) 3— 3— 3— 3— 9 12
All disabled adults (per cent.) 3— 3— 3— 27 15 19
C. Base: Sample numbers of higher rate AA recipients
Pensioners 2 3 16 58 135 213
Non.pensioners 1 3 10 25 64 105
AH disabled adults 3 5 26 83 199 317
1Source: OPCS surveys of disability 1985–88.
2 Overall measure of severity constructed by OPCS to classify people with different numbers and types of disability (category 1 least severe, category 10 most severe)
3 Bases too small to show statistics.