HC Deb 21 March 1990 vol 169 cc639-40W
Mr. Chris Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people claiming attendance allowance on grounds of terminal illness in each of the last three years for which records are available have died while waiting for the six-month qualifying period to expire.

Table 3
Numbers of staff, and grade in which currently employed in regional offices—1March 1990
MIDS LN LS SCOT NW NE WSW Totals
Executive director 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
Assistant secretary 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 6.0
Senior principal 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 34.0
Principal 6.0 6.0 8.0 7.0 8.0 6.0 6.0 47.0

Mr. Scott

I regret that this information is not available.