§ Mrs. DeanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security in how many cases children or young people who are moderately or profoundly deaf have been refused Disability Living Allowance and later granted the benefit on appeal to the Independent Tribunal Service in each of the last five years; and what percentage of the total such decisions represent. [118564]
§ Angela EagleInformation about the disabilities of people who make unsuccessful claims for Disability Living Allowance is not available. Some information on children and young people with deafness who are awarded benefit on appeal is obtained from sampling, but the numbers are too small to provide reliable estimates.