§ Mr. FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the total number claiming each component of the disability living allowance, and the numbers within those groups(a) working and (b) not working, in each year since 1992. [75071]
Number of Disability Living Allowance recipients1 and estimated percentage in work2 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Care component Recipients (000) 475 684 825 995 1,172 1,317 1,401 Percentage working — — 8 8 9 — — Mobility component Recipients (000) 858 1,078 1,224 1,398 1,556 1,690 1,757 Percentage working — — 7 7 8 — — Total3 Recipients (000) 1,019 1,248 1,400 1,589 1,768 1,926 2,014 Percentage working — — 7 8 8 — — 1Numbers from administrative statistics taken at August of each year, rounded to the nearest thousand. 2Based on Family Resources Survey, which refers to financial years and excludes people in hospital and residential care. Information for earlier years is not available. 3Some recipients receive both components so numbers are less than the sum of the care and mobility recipients.