§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many more people aged 65 years or over would qualify for the mobility component of disability living allowance, at the higher and lower rate, respectively, if the age limit were removed; how many of them would be receiving attendance allowance or disability living allowance under the existing rules; how many people aged 65 years or over, by five year age groups, are now receiving the mobility component at the higher and lower rate respectively. [2739]
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§ Mr. Andrew MitchellThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the tables.
Disability Living Allowance (DLA) recipients aged over 65 receiving the mobility component Age Higher rate Lower rate 65–69 185,600 12,200 70–74 81,100 None 75–79 22,500 None 80+ 2,700 None All 291,900 12,200 Source:
Analytical Services Division: 5 per cent. sample (31 August 1995).
Estimate extra number of people likely to qualify for the DLA mobility component if the upper age limit were removed Higher rate Lower rate 2,000,000 60,000 Notes:
1. Estimates are rounded to the nearest 10,000, they are speculative and subject to very substantial margins of error.
2. Insufficient information is held to estimate how many of these people would be receiving DLA or AA under existing rules.
Source:
DLA statistics May 1995, OPCS Disability Survey 1985, Government Actuaries Department population projection 1992.