§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the annual number of applications for attendance allowance in Wales for each of the last five years indicating the proportion(a) approved, (b) withdrawn and (c) rejected. [17579]
§ Mr. Andrew MitchellThis is a matter for Peter Mathison, chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Peter Mathison to Mr. Rhodri Morgan, dated 28 February 1996:
The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking if he will list the annual number of applications for Attendance Allowance (AA) in Wales for each of the last five years indicating the proportion (a) approved, (b) withdrawn and (c) rejected.Claims for AA in Wales are processed at the Cardiff Disability Benefits Centre. The information requested is shown in the following table:
1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 Claims received 38,067 34,301 30,732 32,981 Decisions made: Awards 20,934 24,867 20,946 23,344 Withdrawn n/a 403 340 272 Refusals 10,497 11,601 8,421 8,468 Figures are provisional and subject to change. The difference between the number of claims received and decisions made are the claims that are waiting for adjudication decisions and carried forward in to the next year. The figures requested for the years 1990–91 are not available.
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