§ Mr. WebbTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) pursuant to the answer of 18 March 2002,Official Report, column 157W, on carers, what information is collected on the removal of invalid care allowance from carers when the adult for whom they care has their disability living allowance or attendance allowance removed as a consequence of hospitalisation; [66585]
(2) pursuant to his answer of 18 March 2002, Official Report, column 157W, on disability living allowance, what data his Department hold on the number of disabled adults who have been affected by (a) the rules under which DLA is withdrawn after a person has been in hospital for four weeks and (b) the cumulative effect of short periods of hospitalisation in each of the last three years; [66589]
(3) pursuant to his answer of 18 March 2002, Official Report, column 157W, on pensioners (hospital care), what data his Department hold on the number of pensioners who have been affected by (a) the rules under which attendance allowance is withdrawn after a person has been in hospital for four weeks and (b) the cumulative effect of short hospital stays in each of the last three years. [66593]
§ Maria EagleInformation is not collected(a) on the number of cases where payments of invalid care allowance to carers cease because the recipient of attendance allowance or disability living allowance for whom they provide care is in hospital, or (b) on the annual number of cases where payments of attendance allowance or disability living allowance are suspended because the recipient is in hospital. Information is collected quarterly on the number of people whose attendance allowance or disability living allowance payments are suspended because they are in hospital. The information as at 30 November in each of the last three years is in the table.
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Numbers of attendance allowance and disability living allowance cases in payment at 30 November of each year in the period 1999 to 2001, and numbers of cases in which payments are recorded as suspended because the recipient is in hospital 1999 2000 2001 Attendance allowance Cases in payment 1,256,800 1,291,300 1,295,400 Cases with payment suspended because recipient in hospital 12,100 13,500 15,600 Disability living allowance Cases in payment 2,098,300 2,197,700 2,298,000 Cases with payment suspended because recipient in hospital 9,700 10,200 11,500 Notes:
1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 100.
2. Figures for suspensions refer only to cases where the reason is known.
3. All AA recipients are aged 65 or over.
Source:
Analytical Services Division Information Centre: 5 per cent. data