§ Mr. CallaghanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the total number of applications for attendance allowance in the United Kingdom in each year since 1987; and how many of these were refused. [35063]
Claimants of pension age in receipt of supplementary benefit/income support 1970 to 1995 Pensioner claimants by DSS administrative regions as a percentage of the regional pensioner population 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 Northern n/a n/a 29.6 28.0 25.7 21.3 20.9 20.9 21.3 20.9 20.5 19.7 Yorkshire and Humberside n/a n/a 24.3 22.6 22.6 19.8 19.6 20.4 20.2 19.5 19.4 19.6 Anglia n/a n/a 19.2 17.7 17.1 15.6 15.4 16.4 16.2 15.7 15.2 15.8 London North n/a n/a 6.1 5.8 5.7 5.5 5.5 5.7 5.7 5.5 5.6 5.6 London South n/a n/a 7.2 7.1 6.7 6.5 6.4 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.3 London West n/a n/a 5.4 5.2 4.7 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.4 4.6 South Western n/a n/a 15.5 14.9 15.6 14.8 15.0 15.4 14.9 15.4 14.4 14.0 West Midlands n/a n/a 22.9 21.8 21.1 19.8 20.0 20.0 20.2 20.3 19.7 20.2 North Western (Manchester) n/a n/a 11.9 11.4 11.9 10.9 10.9 11.4 11.2 11.1 10.9 11.0 North Western (Merseyside) n/a n/a 11.5 11.1 10.5 10.1 9.8 10.2 10.1 9.9 9.7 10.2 Wales n/a 25.0 24.0 22.3 21.3 19.0 19.3 19.4 19.4 19.3 18.0 18.6 Scotland n/a 22.8 22.5 21.9 21.1 18.6 18.1 18.2 17.7 17.4 16.5 17.2 Northern Ireland n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 27.0 26.2 25.8 25.4 United Kingdom n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 18.4 18.2 17.6 17.9 56W
1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 North Eastern 19.4 18.3 18.6 18.3 18.0 — 14.5 15.5 15.4 14.7 London North 9.7 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.2 — 7.5 7.6 7.2 9.6 London South 8.9 8.0 8.4 8.7 8.2 — 6.9 7.1 6.9 8.8 South Western 14.3 13.8 14.4 14.4 14.0 — 11.4 12.3 10.9 10.6 Midlands 19.8 17.3 17.2 17.0 17.7 — 13.6 14.6 13.2 14.1 North Western — 20.4 20.2 20.2 20.5 — 17.4 18.1 17.7 18.0
§ Mr. Andrew MitchellThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table.
Attendance allowance: Decisions made in each year since 1987 Year Total3 Claims decided Awarded 1 Refused 19872 309,000 214,000 96,000 1988 323,000 207,000 115,000 1989 333,000 228,000 105,000 1990 375,000 276,000 99,000 1991 472,000 357,000 115,000 1992 542,000 418,000 124,000 1993 498,000 355,000 142,000 1994 492,000 349,000 143,000 1995 484,000 343,000 141,000 Notes: 1 Figures include awards to people in hospital or scheduled accommodation at time of award where benefit may not be payable. 2 Figures exclude, for Great Britain, awards at 1 but include first awards made on review or appeal. 3 Figures may not sum due to rounding. 4 The figures giving the available information relates to decisions made in each year. 5Disability living allowance was introduced in April 1992 and replaced Attendance Allowance for people under pension age. However, attendance allowance is still available for people who first become disabled over age 65 or who first claim benefit after age 66. Source:
DSS (Analytical Services Division) and Northern Ireland DHSS: 100 per cent. data.