§ Lord Morris of Manchesterasked Her Majesty's Government:
In how many cases in which disability living allowance was granted for life is the award now subject to review.
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security (Baroness Hollis of Heigham)Information is not available in the form requested. When life awards of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) are made, the individual is considered likely to continue to satisfy the qualifying conditions. If evidence of change becomes available, those awards will be reviewed in the normal way. Three hundred and sixty thousand reviews were carried out in DLA cases during the year ended March 1997. Statistics are not maintained on whether the review involved an award that had been made for life, or for a fixed period, or if benefit had been disallowed.