§ Mr. BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list how many people have been refused an award of disability working allowance on renewal by reasons for disallowance. [35254]
§ Mr. Andrew MitchellThe information is in the table:
Reasons for disallowing renewal claims for disability working allowance, for the period 1 November 1992 to 31 January 19951 Reason for disallowance Total disallowed Not resident in Great Britain 1 Capital exceed £16,000 10 Not in remunerative work 558 Income exceeds DWA level 515 No qualifying benefit 343 Disability test 99 Receiving Family Credit 32 DWA claim made more than six weeks before end date of DWA award 2465 Claimant has withdrawn claim 143 Other reasons 16 Total 1,574 1 1 November is the first date of receipt for DWA renewal claims.2 This figure includes claims that have been disallowed because the renewal claim was made more than six weeks before the current claim ends. Some of these may have been subsequently disallowed for another reason, and therefore recorded more than once in the above table. Source:
Disability Working Allowance 100 per cent. of all claims.
Estimated administration costs 1993–94 Administration cost £ million Estimated number of beneficiaries at a particular time Thousands Average weekly administration cost per beneficiary £ Unemployment benefit 1288 607 9.10 Severe disablement allowance 35 2329 2.05 Sickness and invalidity benefits 359 21,868 3.70 1 Includes the cost of administering National Insurance credits for clients who do not receive any social security benefit. 2 Estimated numbers—actual caseload figures not yet available. Information on incapacity benefit is not available.