§ Mr. Alfred MorrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the tables in the OPCS reports which indicate the mobility costs of people with behaviour disorders as against those of people with physical handicaps; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Scott[holding answer 20 December 1990]: The information requested is not contained in the tables published in the OPCS reports. We have conducted our own detailed analysis from the OPCS data of the people who were receiving mobility allowance at the time the survey was carried out, compared with those whom we expect to come onto the new lower rate of the disability living allowance. This analysis of the OPCS data indicates that those already in receipt of mobility allowance had total extra costs of around £13 per week, compared with on average around £6 per week for those who are expected to receive the new lower rate mobility component. The figure of £13 would, of course, be lower if everyone with a physical handicap, including many with comparatively minor physical ailments and thus not receiving mobility allowance, were included.