§ Dr. WrightTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 29 November,Official Report, column 317–18, if he will update the information provided on awards of disability working allowance, also indicating the respective proportions of new and repeat claims which resulted in an award of benefit.
§ Mr. ScottAs of 31 March 1994 there were 3,680 current awards of disability working allowance.
The total number of claims for DWA with percentages, in the five-month period November 1993 to March 1994, was:
Number Percentage resulting in awards New claims 3,356 35.13 Repeat claims 2,302 85.88 TOTAL 5,658 — The number of claims adjudicated upon in the last five months is 5,230.
The reasons for unsuccessful claims with numbers and percentages for each ground for disallowance in the last five months are in the table.
Reason Number Percentage Capital exceeds £16,000 5 0.24 Not in remunerative work 710 34.23 Income exceeds DWA level 342 16.49 No qualifying benefit 891 42.96 Disability test 2 0.1 Other reasons 124 5.98