§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will conduct a comprehensive review of disability benefits arising from the OPCS surveys on disabilities; and if he will make a statement.
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§ Mr. ScottThe reports produced by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys provided us with an unprecedented volume of information about the financial circumstances of people with disabilities. We invited and received comments on these reports from large numbers of organisations and took their views into account before publishing our proposals in "The Way Ahead" (Cm. 917). We have since invited further comments on the documents we published last year outlining our more detailed proposals for both the new benefits. We received more than 70 replies.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list those organisations which have made representations to him requesting that the disability living allowance be available to those who become disabled after the age of 85 years; and if he will make a statement.