§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many attendance allowance claims have(a) resulted in an award and (b) been rejected, broken down by the type of evidence required, in each month since May 1992 at each disability benefit centre and for the country as a whole.
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Annex A: Awards on AA 65 + claims by evidence types, DBC and month Type of evidence Total 01 02 03 04 05 06 Unknown May 1992 AAU-Norcross 90 0 0 0 1 0 0 89 Edinburgh 1,137 161 3 5 663 1 0 304 Newcastle 605 154 2 50 247 0 0 152 Leeds 2,393 789 7 23 1,096 1 1 476 Manchester 985 223 0 59 421 0 0 282 Bootle 994 179 5 122 266 0 2 420 Birmingham 3,149 642 12 20 1,630 0 2 843 Bristol 2,081 1,241 27 75 357 0 0 381 Cardiff 515 77 1 0 165 0 1 271 Wembley 3,338 806 12 174 1,774 0 0 572 Sutton 1,998 235 2 20 1,057 1 1 682 Glasgow — — — — — — — — TOTALS (ALL DBCs) 17,285 4,507 71 548 7,677 3 7 4,472 June 1992 AAU-Norcross 99 1 0 0 3 0 0 95 Edinburgh 3,015 684 2 37 1,761 0 2 529 Newcastle 655 119 0 26 291 0 0 219 Leeds 1,453 360 7 40 456 0 2 588 Manchester 1,019 306 1 123 270 0 0 319 Bootle 1,097 252 19 183 179 0 2 462 Birmingham 3,439 658 12 88 1,834 0 2 845 Bristol 2,033 1,331 45 39 154 0 3 461 Cardiff 1,189 318 24 4 389 0 0 454 Wembley 3,331 1,226 34 149 1,224 0 2 696 Sutton 2,423 289 8 54 1,172 1 2 897 Glasgow — — — — — — — — TOTALS (ALL DBCs) 19,753 5,544 152 743 7,733 1 15 5,565 July 1992 AAU-Norcross 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 Edinburgh 2,255 729 1 53 873 0 1 598 Newcastle 881 279 3 35 280 0 0 284 Leeds 3,334 2,080 12 118 467 0 1 656 Manchester 1,799 648 0 253 215 0 0 683 Bootle 1,468 596 29 184 187 0 0 472 Birmingham 3,830 1,311 27 194 1,094 0 0 1,204 Bristol 4,176 2,796 79 523 212 1 0 565
§ Mr. ScottThe administration of attendance allowance is a matter for Mr. Michael Bichard, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member and a copy will be placed in the Library.
Letter from Mr. M. Bichard to Mr. Paul Flynn, dated 27 May 1993:
As Chief Executive of the Benefits Agency, it is my responsibility to answer questions about relevant operational matters. I am therefore replying to the points raised in your recent Parliamentary Question to the Secretary of State for Social Security asking how many attendance allowance claims have (a) resulted in an award and (b) been rejected, broken down by the type of evidence required, in each month since May 1992 at each disability benefit centre and for the country as a whole.
The information has been provided in the form of a table attached and shows the results nationally, by each Disability Benefit Centre and at the unit at Blackpool. The categories of evidence used within the tables are as follows:
- 01—Claimants self-assessment as on claim form
- 02—Additional information
- 03—Factual report (hospital, GP)
- 04—External Medical Practitioner
- 05—Visting Officer
- 06—Visiting Officer plus other
- Unknown—Evidence type not recorded
The table includes information on both normal and special rules claims.
I hope you find this reply helpful. A copy will appear in the Official Report. A copy will also be placed in the Library.
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Total 01 02 03 04 05 06 Unknown Cardiff 4,234 3,029 133 95 460 1 0 516 Wembley 5,044 3,400 57 162 578 1 1 845 Sutton 4,111 1,794 12 54 811 2 1 1,437 Glasgow — — — — — — — — TOTALS (ALL DBCs) 31,209 16,662 353 1,671 5,177 5 4 7,337 August 1992 AAU-Norcross 125 2 0 1 0 0 0 122 Edinburgh 2,391 1,398 4 200 438 0 0 351 Newcastle 795 246 6 29 262 0 0 252 Leeds 4,512 3,453 19 96 423 3 0 518 Manchester 3,065 902 0 533 367 0 0 1,263 Bootle 3,574 2,520 133 342 261 0 0 318 Birmingham 4,526 2,625 33 724 816 0 0 328 Bristol 5,442 4,259 88 634 319 2 0 140 Cardiff 3,514 2,951 56 264 107 1 0 135 Wembley 5,258 4,004 74 70 373 0 0 737 Sutton 6,185 5,006 8 131 327 1 0 712 Glasgow — — — — — — — — TOTALS (ALL DBCs) 39,387 27,366 421 3,024 3,693 7 0 4,876 September 1992 AAU-Norcross 112 2 0 0 0 0 0 110 Edinburgh 5,472 3,338 2 536 1,293 1 0 302 Newcastle 1,343 441 7 140 552 0 0 203 Leeds 5,969 4,523 19 202 686 0 0 539 Manchester 3,920 2,287 7 501 687 1 0 437 Bootle 3,599 2,370 219 433 299 1 1 276 Birmingham 8,020 5,639 44 819 1,191 0 1 326 Bristol 4,894 3,594 109 556 548 1 2 84 Cardiff 3,779 2,705 30 444 409 0 1 190 Wembley 8,493 6,415 117 145 967 1 1 847 Sutton 10,502 7,976 70 380 955 1 1 1,119 Glasgow — — — — — — — — TOTALS (ALL DBCs) 56,103 39,290 624 4,156 7,587 6 7 4,433 October 1992 AAU-Norcross 106 1 0 0 0 0 0 105 Edinburgh 7,238 4,202 18 1,014 1,542 0 0 462 Newcastle 967 236 3 54 346 0 0 328 Leeds 5,608 3,714 21 267 829 1 1 775 Manchester 3,797 2,151 4 408 910 0 0 324 Bootle 3,382 1,763 183 523 529 3 0 381 Birmingham 10,375 7,116 16 1,074 1,604 0 0 565 Bristol 5,399 3,987 120 642 429 6 10 211 Cardiff 3,097 2,020 5 494 307 1 0 270 Wembley 8,101 5,422 95 210 1,392 0 5 977 Sutton 8,135 5,158 164 218 990 1 1 1,603 Glasgow — — — — — — — — TOTALS (ALL DBCs) 56,205 35,770 629 4,904 8,872 12 17 6,001
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Type of evidence Total 01 02 03 04 05 06 Unknown November 1992 AAU-Norcross 116 1 0 1 2 0 0 112 Edinburgh 3,145 1,687 2 449 647 0 0 360 Newcastle 1,221 344 13 186 340 0 0 338 Leeds 3,491 2,373 14 106 411 0 0 587 Manchester 3,113 1,847 8 307 672 0 0 279 Bootle 2,515 1,309 121 370 432 0 0 283 Birmingham 4,542 2,871 16 667 579 0 0 409 Bristol 2,147 1,297 63 536 018 9 11 123 Cardiff 1,224 599 11 241 115 0 3 255 Wembley 5,364 3,405 29 167 986 1 1 775 Sutton 4,546 2,947 103 72 463 0 0 959 Glasgow — — — — — — — — TOTALS (ALL DBCs) 31,424 18,680 380 3,102 4,757 10 15 4,480 December 1992 AAU-Norcross 164 0 0 0 0 0 0 164 Edinburgh 2,572 1,330 1 443 467 0 0 331 Newcastle 1,353 647 5 156 226 0 0 319 Leeds 3,109 2,216 17 76 214 0 0 586
Total 01 02 03 04 05 06 Unknown Manchester 1,812 969 4 184 359 0 0 296 Bootle 1,410 598 62 242 297 0 0 211 Birmingham 3,352 1,880 11 693 406 1 0 361 Bristol 2,737 2,047 64 418 67 3 1 137 Cardiff 2,065 1,203 32 465 80 0 1 284 Wembley 4,864 2,987 28 201 945 1 0 702 Sutton 3,863 2,541 22 79 311 1 0 909 Glasgow — — — — — — — — TOTALS (ALL DBCs) 27,301 16,418 246 2,957 3,372 6 2 4,300 January 1993 AAU-Norcross 237 1 1 0 0 0 0 235 Edinburgh 2,986 1,526 2 471 543 1 0 443 Newcastle 908 373 0 106 72 0 0 357 Leeds 3,040 1,885 33 136 384 0 2 600 Manchester 2,220 1,166 4 289 411 1 0 349 Bootle 2,464 1,158 181 420 431 0 0 274 Birmingham 5,284 2,919 37 929 875 0 0 524 Bristol 2,836 1,860 193 534 106 1 1 141 Cardiff 2,123 1,188 64 381 158 0 2 330 Wembley 5,208 3,334 65 379 700 0 3 727 Sutton 8,487 3,827 83 103 425 0 0 1,049 Glasgow — — — — — — — — TOTALS (ALL DBCs) 32,793 19,237 663 3,748 4,105 3 8 5,029
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Type of evidence Total 01 02 03 04 05 06 Unknown February 1993 AAU-Norcross 1,510 20 1 5 29 0 0 1,455 Edinburgh 2,706 1,502 6 544 308 0 0 346 Newcastle 885 464 0 92 72 0 0 257 Leeds 2,975 1,878 63 112 398 0 1 523 Manchester 1,820 898 5 350 301 0 0 266 Bootle 2,402 1,307 193 339 337 0 0 226 Birmingham 4,852 2,418 101 935 1,061 0 0 337 Bristol 2,390 1,599 138 441 116 1 0 95 Cardiff 1,399 746 39 298 128 0 0 188 Wembley 4,795 3,107 136 476 700 1 0 375 Sutton 4,828 3,405 140 111 402 0 0 770 Glasgow — — — — — — — —: TOTALS (ALL DBCs) 30,562 17,344 822 3,703 3,852 2 1 4,838 March 1993 AAU-Norcross 2,905 50 1 8 54 0 0 2,792 Edinburgh 1,881 1,066 9 567 175 0 0 64 Newcastle 1,017 555 1 166 93 0 0 202 Leeds 3,465 2,334 71 149 491 1 0 419 Manchester 2,425 1,262 5 485 554 0 0 119 Bootle 2,532 1,307 211 485 413 0 0 116 Birmingham 5,879 3,271 140 923 1,496 1 0 48 Bristol 3,277 2,382 232 518 140 0 1 4 Cardiff 1,777 1,193 61 310 142 0 0 21 Wembley 6,749 4,488 222 875 1,155 0 1 8 Sutton 6,569 5,168 225 179 473 1 1 522 Glasgow 1,291 822 5 277 187 0 0 0 TOTALS (ALL DBCs) 39,767 23,898 1,183 4,942 5,423 3 3 4,315 April 1993 AAU-Norcross 2,346 52 2 12 49 0 1 2,230 Edinburgh 1,466 750 13 463 184 0 0 56 Newcastle 871 486 1 158 58 0 0 168 Leeds 3,226 2,343 59 140 377 0 1 306 Manchester 1,817 929 8 344 385 0 0 151 Bootle 2,089 1,059 166 466 269 0 1 128 Birmingham 5,196 2,843 126 879 1,311 1 0 36 Bristol 2,771 2,044 136 497 89 0 0 5 Cardiff 1,396 961 58 251 102 0 0 24 Wembley 6,351 4,290 195 893 950 2 0 21 Sutton 4,336 2,866 162 272 408 1 0 627 Glasgow 1,194 722 0 235 233 0 0 4
Total 01 02 03 04 05 06 Unknown TOTALS (ALL DBCs) 33,059 19,345 926 4,610 4,415 4 3 3,752
Annex B: Refusals on AA 65+ claims by evidence type, DBC and north Type of evidence Total 01 02 03 04 05 06 Unknown May 1992 AAU-Norcross 26 1 0 1 1 0 0 23 Edinburgh 297 27 1 4 145 0 0 120 Newcastle 592 0 0 1 8 0 0 583 Leeds 653 258 2 9 372 0 0 12 Manchester 648 171 0 86 382 0 0 9 Bootle 373 61 2 75 157 0 0 78 Birmingham 1,462 335 2 10 1,072 0 0 43 Bristol 316 164 6 33 101 0 0 12 Cardiff 147 29 0 0 109 0 0 9 Wembley 1,394 300 3 123 853 0 1 114 Sutton 585 153 1 11 392 1 0 27 Glasgow — — — — — — — — TOTALS (ALL DBCs) 6,493 1,499 17 353 3,592 1 1 1,030 June 1992 AAU-Norcross 44 1 0 0 0 0 0 43 Edinburgh 1,261 147 2 28 769 0 0 315 Newcastle 423 3 0 0 1 0 0 419 Leeds 449 128 2 28 232 0 0 59 Manchester 560 232 1 169 115 0 0 43 Bootle 342 53 2 109 92 0 2 84 Birmingham 1,189 232 6 37 840 0 0 74 Bristol 311 208 12 25 44 0 1 21 Cardiff 590 295 3 1 240 0 0 51 Wembley 1,035 341 7 107 478 0 2 100 Sutton 798 242 0 24 496 0 0 36 Glasgow — — — — — — — — TOTALS (ALL DBCs) 7,002 1,882 35 528 3,307 0 5 1,245 July 1992 AAU-Norcross 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 32 Edinburgh 796 180 1 33 420 0 0 162 Newcastle 533 4 0 1 5 0 0 523 Leeds 526 273 1 25 165 0 0 62 Manchester 900 351 1 255 178 0 0 115 Bootle 586 256 11 85 148 0 0 86 Birmingham 961 365 5 48 447 0 0 96 Bristol 566 303 14 136 81 0 0 32 Cardiff 2,406 1,869 48 63 391 0 0 35 Wembley 801 435 4 75 223 0 0 64 Sutton 1,320 521 6 49 532 0 0 212 Glasgow — — — — — — — — TOTALS (ALL DBCs) 9,429 4,559 91 770 2,590 0 0 1,419
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Type of evidence Total 01 02 03 04 05 06 Unknown August 1992 AAU-Norcross 68 2 0 0 1 0 0 65 Edinburgh 622 244 1 50 227 0 0 100 Newcastle 565 4 0 1 5 0 0 555 Leeds 660 415 1 36 175 0 0 33 Manchester 1,106 222 1 252 281 0 0 350 Bootle 468 295 14 50 69 0 1 39 Birmingham 1,388 772 3 61 372 0 0 180 Bristol 539 289 10 115 73 0 0 52 Cardiff 1,372 1,232 12 34 51 0 0 43 Wembley 446 256 5 14 127 0 0 442 Sutton 1,031 640 3 26 54 1 0 307 Glasgow — — — — — — — — TOTALS (ALL DBCs) 8,265 4,371 50 639 1,435 1 1 1,768
Total 01 02 03 04 05 06 Unknown September 1992 AAU-Norcross 64 1 0 0 0 0 0 63 Edinburgh 1,905 760 1 202 713 1 0 228 Newcastle 922 71 0 19 58 0 1 773 Leeds 1,071 478 1 131 348 0 0 113 Manchester 1,231 436 0 88 576 0 0 131 Bootle 959 378 38 252 225 0 0 66 Birmingham 2,675 1,208 8 118 516 0 0 825 Bristol 791 472 19 73 122 1 1 103 Cardiff 1,338 835 5 165 306 0 0 27 Wembley 1,220 629 9 31 506 0 1 44 Sutton 2,288 1,371 14 112 469 0 0 322 Glasgow — — — — — — — — TOTALS (ALL DBCs) 14,464 6,639 95 1,191 3,839 2 3 2,695 October 1992 AAU-Norcross 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 Edinburgh 3,194 1,003 0 291 1,028 0 0 872 Newcastle 689 7 0 2 3 0 0 677 Leeds 1,163 310 9 133 383 0 1 677 Manchester 1,113 331 0 64 660 0 0 327 Bootle 912 325 25 245 270 0 0 47 Birmingham 3,529 565 0 48 370 0 0 2,546 Bristol 889 612 54 104 68 2 3 46 Cardiff 1,086 649 1 207 194 0 0 35 Wembley 1,546 546 7 76 833 1 1 82 Sutton 1,406 794 14 67 383 2 0 146 Glasgow — — — — — — — — TOTALS (ALL DBCs) 15,575 5,142 110 1,237 4,192 5 3 4,884
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Total 01 02 03 04 05 06 Unknown November 1992 AAU-Norcross 36 1 0 0 1 0 0 34 Edinburgh 1,836 764 0 250 565 0 0 257 Newcastle 666 0 0 0 2 0 0 664 Leeds 830 233 1 40 192 0 0 41 Manchester 1,021 354 0 78 548 0 0 27 Bootle 718 240 16 213 222 0 0 1,070 Birmingham 1,711 448 1 39 153 0 0 27 Bristol 428 280 31 45 31 6 8 57 Cardiff 428 317 10 78 91 0 0 57 Wembley 949 355 5 61 388 0 0 140 Sutton 719 436 8 31 174 0 0 70 Glasgow — — — — — — — — TOTALS (ALL DBCs) 9,468 3,428 72 835 2,367 6 9 2,751 December 1992 AAU-Norcross 72 1 0 0 0 0 0 71 Edinburgh 1,175 520 0 164 287 0 0 204 Newcastle 526 0 0 0 3 0 0 523 Leeds 772 284 2 35 123 0 0 328 Manchester 561 239 1 56 234 0 0 31 Bootle 431 125 7 101 166 0 0 32 Birmingham 1,436 575 4 61 245 0 0 551 Bristol 443 370 21 34 16 1 1 14 Cardiff 792 545 21 141 536 0 0 32 Wembley 658 240 6 19 275 0 0 118 Sutton 761 427 11 55 129 0 0 149 Glasgow — — — — — — — — TOTALS (ALL DBCs) 7,627 3,326 49 666 1,531 1 3 2,053 January 1993 AAU-Norcross 75 0 0 0 1 0 0 74 Edinburgh 1,441 671 1 214 285 1 0 269 Newcastle 465 0 0 0 0 0 0 465 Leeds 1,114 413 4 99 306 0 0 292 Manchester 968 509 2 144 258 0 0 55 Bootle 747 251 37 163 241 0 0 55 Birmingham 2,174 774 3 118 523 0 1 755 Bristol 583 417 31 76 27 0 0 32 Cardiff 1,043 620 28 186 146 0 0 63
Total 01 02 03 04 05 06 Unknown Wembley 760 238 1 72 268 0 0 181 Sutton 1,585 684 11 44 147 0 0 699 Glasgow — — — — — — — — TOTALS (ALL DBCs) 10,955 4,577 118 1,116 2,202 1 1 2,940
Type of evidence Total 01 02 03 04 05 06 Unknown February 1993 AAU-Norcross 273 2 1 2 4 0 0 264 Edinburgh 1,279 692 3 222 190 0 0 172 Newcastle 517 62 0 7 10 0 0 438 Leeds 1,094 519 4 102 309 0 0 160 Manchester 1,155 677 1 242 201 0 0 34 Bootle 726 305 42 138 190 0 0 51 Birmingham 1,452 537 6 96 566 0 0 247 Bristol 552 426 34 35 33 0 0 24 Cardiff 903 613 24 100 126 0 0 40 Wembley 696 287 5 72 274 0 0 58 Sutton 1,840 747 12 56 118 0 1 906 Glasgow — — — — — — — — TOTALS (ALL DBCs) 10,487 4,857 132 1,072 2,021 0 1 2,394 March 1993 AAU-Norcross 674 4 0 0 2 0 0 668 Edinburgh 758 380 0 230 117 0 0 31 Newcastle 643 424 0 122 69 0 0 28 Leeds 1,540 884 27 151 454 0 3 21 Manchester 1,613 962 0 264 364 1 0 23 Bootle 923 382 43 204 282 0 0 12 Birmingham 2,176 743 12 148 902 0 0 371 Bristol 863 731 25 64 39 0 0 4 Cardiff 1,306 980 38 120 154 0 0 14 Wembley 1,331 688 39 153 432 0 0 19 Sutton 2,278 788 30 40 159 0 0 1,261 Glasgow 1,101 723 0 214 163 0 0 — TOTALS (ALL DBCs) 14,105 7,689 214 1,710 3,137 0 3 2,452 April 1993 AAU-Norcross 503 12 0 1 6 0 0 484 Edinburgh 526 221 3 174 103 0 0 25 Newcastle 514 340 0 114 38 0 0 22 Leeds 1,448 975 13 122 322 0 0 16 Manchester 1,203 706 3 190 268 1 0 35 Bootle 725 335 25 177 174 0 1 13 Birmingham 1,960 963 15 112 781 0 0 89 Bristol 783 718 10 31 18 0 0 6 Cardiff 937 765 29 43 92 0 0 8 Wembley 1,373 714 26 176 434 0 0 23 Sutton 1,886 1,259 33 99 238 0 1 256 Glasgow 1,540 833 4 431 265 1 0 — TOTALS (ALL DBCs) 11,858 7,841 161 1,670 2,739 2 1 977