§ Dr. WrightTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many current awards of disability working allowance there are; what is the total number of claims for disability working allowance received in the last six months for which statistics are available; how many claims were adjudicated upon in those six months; what proportion of those claims adjudicated in the last six months resulted in an award; and what were the reasons for unsuccessful claims with numbers and percentage for each ground for disallowance.
§ Mr. ScottAs of 31 October 1993 there were 3,176 current awards of disability working allowance.
The total number of claims for DWA in May to October 1993 was: 316W
The number of claims adjudicated upon in the last six months is 6,547. The proportion of adjudicated claims which resulted in an award is 54.06 per cent. The reasons for unsuccessful claims with numbers and percentages for each ground for disallowance in the last six months are in the table.
Number New claims 4,688 Repeat claims 2,256 Total 6,944
Reason Number Percentage Capital exceeds £16,000 8 0.26 Not in remunerative work 1,108 36.83 Income exceeds DWA level 443 14.73 No qualifying benefit 1,264 42.02 Disability test 4 0.14 Other reasons 181 6.02
§ Mr. BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people are currently claiming disability working allowance; what is the average payment to a person receiving disability working allowance; and how many people were expected to receive disability working allowance at any one time when it was launched.
§ Mr. ScottThere are 3,176 people currently in receipt of disability working allowance. The average payment for October 1993 was £40.63. Our original estimate was that once the benefit was fully established about 50,000 people might be entitled to disability working allowance based on the surveys of disabled people carried out by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys.