HC Deb 02 March 1994 vol 238 cc741-2W
Mr. Hinchliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was(a) the number of claimants and (b) the amount spent on (i) invalid care allowance and (ii) carers' premium in each year since 1979.

Mr. Scott

The available information is in the tables. The information on expenditure on the carer's premium gives data only on the weekly expenditure and in view of the fluctuating caseload should not be used to estimate annual expenditure.

Invalid care allowance (ICA) beneficiaries1
Numbers
1979 6,349
1980 6,648
1981 7,098
1982 8,005
1983 8,847
1984 9,494
1985 10,284
1986 30,587
1987 91,392
1988 109,334
1989 120,816
1990 133,912
1991 159,324
1992 188,717
1993 230,313