§ Annabelle EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many recipients of Disability Living Allowance there are aged under 16 years broken down by local authority in Scotland; [69540]
(2) how many recipients of awards of Disability Living Allowance are also in receipt of Child Benefit, broken down by local authority in Scotland. [69541]
§ Maria EagleThe available information, which refers to 30 November 2001, is in the table. Figures for the numbers of people in Scotland who receive both Disability Living Allowance and Child Benefit exclude cases where different members of a family receive the Disability Living Allowance and Child Benefit.
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Number of people in Scotland who receive both Disability Living Allowance and Child Benefit Number of Disability Living Allowance recipients aged under 16 in Scotland All Scotland 16,400 21,300 Aberdeen City 400 800 Aberdeenshire 600 1,000 Angus 200 300 Argyll and Bute 200 300 The Scottish Borders 300 400 Clackmannanshire 200 100 West Dunbartonshire 300 400 Dumfries and Galloway 400 500 Dundee City 500 700 East Ayrshire 400 500 East Dunbartonshire 100 300 East Lothian 300 300 East Renfrewshire 200 300 City of Edinburgh 1,200 1,500 Falkirk 400 700 Fife 900 1,600
Number of people in Scotland who receive both Disability Living Allowance and Child Benefit Number of Disability Living Allowance recipients aged under 16 in Scotland Glasgow City 3,000 3,100 Highland 500 900 Inverclyde 300 400 Midlothian 200 500 Moray 200 400 North Ayrshire 500 500 North Lanarkshire 1,500 1,700 Orkney Islands — — Perth and Kinross 200 400 Renfrewshire 400 800 Shetland Islands — 100 South Ayrshire 200 300 South Lanarkshire 1,400 1,200 Stirling 300 300 West Lothian 800 900 Cornhairle nan Eilean Siar — 100 Note
Figures under 500 are subject to a high degree of sampling variation, and '—' denotes nil or negligible.
Source
ASD Information Centre, figures taken from a 5 per cent. sample and rounded to the nearest 100.