§ Mr. BoswellTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many recipients of Disability Living Allowance higher mobility component qualify because they are both blind and deaf. [152902]
§ Mr. BayleyThe latest information, which relates to 31 August 2000, is that 382 people with both at least 80 per cent. disablement from loss of hearing and 100 per cent. disablement from loss of sight were receiving the higher rate mobility component of Disability Living Allowance.
Discrete figures for deaf-blind recipients with lower levels of disability are not available. However, their entitlement is dependent not on their impairments themselves but on their resulting care and mobility needs, so full account is taken of combined disabilities. In total, almost 79,000 people with either blindness or deafness as their principal disabling condition were receiving Disability Living Allowance on the above date, including over 7,000 on the higher rate mobility component.
§ Mr. BoswellTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many Disability Living Allowance awards there are to(a) disabled people in general and (b) deaf people in particular; and how many of these were granted at (i) initial application and (ii) review or appeal, in (1) England, (2) Wales, (3) Scotland and (4) Northern Ireland. [152901]
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§ Mr. BayleyThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table.
Current awards of Disability Living Allowance broken down by country Disability England Wales Scotland All disabilities 1,742,600 177,200 240,500 Deafness1 20,700 1,400 2,100 1 Main disabling condition Notes:
1. Information on how many current awards of Disability Living Allowance were originally made on initial claim and how many review or appeal is not available
2. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is responsible for social security in Northern Ireland
Source:
DSS Information Centre: 5 per cent. data
§ Mr. BoswellTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will provide a breakdown of current Disability Living Allowance awards for which deafness is the main disabling condition by(a) the rate of each component and (b) age. [152900]
§ Mr. BayleyThe information is in the table.
Current Disability Living Allowance awards for which deafness is the main disabling condition, broken down by age and rate of
each component
Type of award All ages 0–15 16–39 40–59 Age 60 and over All rates of care 21,900 8,700 7,100 4,700 1,500 Higher rate care 900 600 1200 1100 1100 Middle rate care 15,100 7,600 4,500 2,400 700 Lower rate care 5,900 500 2,500 2,200 700 All rates of mobility 12,900 5,200 3,900 2,400 1,300 Higher rate mobility 1,500 1200 1300 1300 600 Lower rate mobility 11,400 5,100 3,600 2,000 700 1 Number too small to be statistically reliable Notes:
1. Figures relate to 31 August 2000
2. Figures do not sum due to rounding
Source:
DSS Information Centre: 5 per cent. data
§ Mr. BoswellTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will provide a breakdown of Disability Living Allowance awards for which deafness is the main disabling condition by(a) age and (b) type of award, including (i) care only component, (ii) mobility only component and (iii) combined care and mobility components. [152899]
§ Mr. BayleyThe information is in the table.
Current Disability Living Allowance awards where deafness is the main disabling condition, broken down by age and type of award Age Type of award All ages 0–15 16–39 40–59 60 and over All awards 24,100 9,000 7,900 5,200 2,000 Care only 11,300 3,800 4,000 2,800 700 Mobility only 2,200 4001 900 500 500 Care and mobility 10,600 4,900 3,100 1,900 800 1 Number too small to be statistically reliable Notes:
1. Figures relate to 31 August 2000
2. Figures do not sum due to rounding
Source:
DSS Information Centre: 5 per cent. data.
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§ Mr. BoswellTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many Disability Living Allowance recipients there are and how many there were in each of the last seven years, whose main disabling condition is deafness. [152898]
§ Mr. BayleyThe latest available information, which relates to 31 August 2000, is that about 2,160,300 people were receiving Disability Living Allowance. Figures for recipients whose main disabling condition is deafness are in the table.
Disability Living Allowance recipients w hose main disabling condition is deafness Year Recipients 1994 10,100 1995 11,800 1996 13,900 1997 16,700 1998 20,400 1999 22,900 2000 24,100 Note:
Figures relate to 31 August each year.
Source:
DSS Information Centre, 5 per cent. data.