HC Deb 14 November 1989 vol 160 cc165-6W
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if, pursuant to his statement of 25 October,Official Report, column 844, he will explain the criteria he used in stating that 3,000 deaf-blind people should now qualify for mobility allowance.

Mr. Scott

It is a broad estimate, derived from available information including representations made to us on behalf of this group, of the number of deaf-blind people within the age limits for mobility allowance who do not currently qualify for it.