§ Mr.BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many invalidity benefit claimants are aged under 58 years and to receive the higher rate of the care component of the disability living allowance.
§ Mr.Scott[holding answer 17 January 1994] On a April 1992, the latest date for which figures are available, there were 765,000 people under the age of 58 receiving invalidity benefit1. Reliable estimates of the number of invalidity benefit claimants not receiving the higher rate care component of disability living allowance are not available.
Note:
1 Based on 1 per cent. sample of claimants in Great Britain, rounded to the nearest thousand.
§ Mr. BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State of Social Security how many and what percentage of invalidity benefit claimants have adult dependants, by age of dependant.
§ Mr. Scott[holding Answer 17 January 1994]: The Information is in the table.
Adult Dependency Increases Paid with Invalidity Benefit Invalidity Benefit recipients at 4 April 1992 Number Number as a percentage of all Invalidity Benefit recipients Total caseload 1,440,000 100 Recipients receiving an adult dependency increase 445,000 31 Increase payable for adult dependant aged under 30 10,000 1 Increase payable for dependant aged 30–39 40,000 3 Increase payable for dependant aged 40–49 55,000 4 Increase payable Tor dependant aged 50–59 135,000 9 Increase payable for dependant aged 60–69 195,000 14 Increase payable for dependant aged over 70 5,000 * Notes:
(i) All figures are rounded ot the nearest 5,00; totals mary not sum due to rounding
(ii) Percentages are rounded to the nearest 1 per cent. "*" denotes a figure of less than 0.5 per cent.
Sources:
(a) Estimates of the age of adult dependants using data drawn from the 1989, 1990 and 1991 family expenditure surveys.
(b) Estimates of the total number of invalidity benefit recipients, and the total number receiving adult dependency increases, are based on a 1 per cent. sample of climants in Great Britain at 4 April 1992, the latest date for which figures are available, rounded to the nearest thousand.
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§ Mr. BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many and what percentage of invalidity benefit claimants have adult dependants under the age of 60 years where no allowances for child dependants are in payment.
§ Mr. Scott[holding answer 17 January 1994]: The information is in the table.
Adult dependency increases paid with Invalidity Benefit Invalidity Benefit recipients at 4 April 1992 Number Number as a percentage of all Invalidity Benefit recipients Total caseload 1,440,000 100 Recipients receiving an increase for an adult dependent under the age of 60, where no increase for a child dependant is payable 170,000 12 Notes:
i. All figures are rounded to the nearest 5,000.
ii. Percentages are rounded to the nearest 1 per cent.
Sources:
a. Estimates of the age of adult dependants obtained using data drawn from the 1989, 1990 and 1991 family expenditure surveys.
b. Estimates of the total number of invalidity benefit recipients, and the total number receiving adult dependency increases, are based on a 1 per cent. sample of claimants in Great Britain at 4 April 1992, the latest date for which figures are available, rounded to the nearest thousand.