§ Mr. Alan HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many claimants there are currently of(a) attendance allowance and (b) disability living allowance; and how many in each case also receive (i) income support, (ii) housing benefit and (iii) council tax benefit. [6733]
§ Mr. Andrew MitchellThe information is in the table.
Recipients of attendance allowance and disability living allowance who are beneficiaries of income support, housing benefit, council tax benefit: May 1995 Recipients: August 1996 Income support2 Housing benefit3 Council tax benefit Attendance allowance1 1,194,000 418,000 306,000 445,000 Disability living allowance1 1,768,000 506,000 390,000 499,000 Notes: 15 per cent. sample for August 1996. 2Income Support Statistics Quarterly Enquiry: 5 per cent. sample as at May 1995. 3Housing Benefit Management Information System: 1 per cent. as at May 1995. 1. Numbers are rounded to the nearest thousand.
2. Beneficiaries are those adults and children who receive disability living allowance who are also a claimant, partner or child dependant in receipt of the means tested benefits shown.
3. There are overlaps between recipients of disability living allowance who receive either one or both components.
4. Not all housing benefit/council tax benefit dependants can be identified. Figures do not include second adult rebate cases.
5. There is considerable overlap between benefits shown.
Source:
Analytical services division.
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§ Mr. Alfred MorrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) how many deaf-blind people have applied for the disability living allowance; [9476]
(2) how many deaf-blind people have been awarded the disability living allowance; and at what levels; [9477]
(3) how many deaf-blind people have appealed against a disability living allowance decision; and how many of these appellants have been successful in reversing the original decision. [9478]
§ Mr. MitchellThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is as follows.
Awards of disability living allowance to people whose main disabling condition is deafness and blindness1 Components awarded Number Higher rate care and higher rate mobility 46 Higher rate care and lower rate mobility 2 Higher rate care only 9 Middle rate care and higher rate mobility 73 Middle rate care and lower rate mobility 11 Middle rate care only 19 Lower rate care and higher rate mobility 75 Lower rate care and lower rate mobility 23 Lower rate care only 9 Higher rate mobility 47 Lower rate mobility 24 All awards 338 Notes: 1 People with deafness and blindness, but for whom another condition was the main disabling condition, are not included. Figures are for the period from 6 April 1992 up to 30 November 1996.
Source:
Analytical Services Division: 100 per cent. data.
§ Mr. MorrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people with Usher syndrome have applied for the care component of the disability living allowance; and how many have been refused. [9479]
§ Mr. MitchellThe information requested is not available.