§ Mr. HawkinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 7 June,Official Report, column 8, how many claims for disability living allowance were received in 1992; what proportion were agreed to; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. ScottA total of 705,000 claims to disability living allowance were received in 1992, these included new and top-up claims and transitional attendance allowance and mobility allowance cases. Virtually all these have since been cleared.
Of the 553,000 claims cleared during the year 1992, 62 per cent. resulted in an award being made at the initial adjudication stage; this does not include transitional cases.