§ John BarrettTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to his answer of 15 December 2003,Official Report, column 690W, on disability living allowance, how many claimants are aged under 60 years in each case. [147778]
§ Maria EagleThe numbers of DLA claimants, under 60 years of age in the geographical areas requested, are contained in the tables. Since the earlier answer was given, figures for the quarter ending 31 August 2003 have now become available and are set out in the tables.
DLA recipients in Edinburgh local authority by age as at 31 August 2003 Thousands All Under 60 60 and over All 18.7 12.5 6.2 Higher rate care and higher rate mobility 3.0 1.8 1.1 Higher rate care and lower rate mobility 0.9 0.9 — Higher rate care only *0.3 *0.2 *0.1 Middle rate care and higher rate mobility 3.1 1.5 1.6 Middle rate care and lower rate mobility 2.5 2.3 *0.2 Middle rate care only 0.6 0.6 *0.1 Lower rate care and higher rate mobility 1.9 1.2 0.7 Lower rate care and lower rate mobility 0.9 0.7 *0.2 Lower rate care only 1.2 1.0 *0.3 Higher rate mobility 3.2 1.6 1.7 Lower rate mobility 0.9 0.7 *0.2
DLA recipients in Edinburgh, West by age as at 31 August 2003 Thousands All Under 60 60 and over All 2.6 1.7 0.9 Higher rate care and higher rate mobility *0.3 *0.2 *0.1 Higher rate care and lower rate mobility *0.2 *0.2 — Higher rate care only *0.1 *0.1 *0.1 Middle rate care and higher rate mobility *0.4 *0.2 *0.2 Middle rate care and lower rate mobility *0.4 *0.3 *0.1 Middle rate care only *0.1 *0.1 — Lower rate care and higher rate mobility *0.3 *0.1 *0.1 Lower rate care and lower rate mobility *0.2 *0.1 *0.1 Lower rate care only *0.2 *0.2 — Higher rate mobility *0.3 *0.1 *0.2 Lower rate mobility *0.1 *0.1 — 345W
DLA recipients in Scotland by age as at 31 August 2003 Thousands All Under 60 60 and over All 281.2 172.0 109.2 Higher rate care and higher rate mobility 45.1 26.5 18.6 Higher rate care and lower rate mobility 13.2 11.8 1.4 Higher rate care only 3.7 3.1 0.6 Middle rate care and higher rate mobility 45.5 21.9 23.6 Middle rate care and lower rate mobility 34.1 30.0 4.1 Middle rate care only 8.8 7.5 1.3 Lower rate care and higher rate mobility 34.9 18.1 16.7 Lower rate care and lower rate mobility 13.1 10.7 2.4 Lower rate care only 17.6 12.4 5.2 Higher rate mobility 54.0 21.3 32.7 Lower rate mobility 11.1 8.6 2.6
DLA recipients in Scotland by age as at 31 August 2003 Thousands All Under 60 60 and over All 2,526.7 1,587.5 939.2 Higher rate care and higher rate mobility 385.4 227.8 157.6 Higher rate care and lower rate mobility 113.7 102.5 11.2 Higher rate care only 41.4 35.8 5.6 Middle rate care and higher rate mobility 372.6 189.4 183.2 Middle rate care and lower rate mobility 294.2 263.4 30.8 Middle rate care only 103.7 90.8 12.9 Lower rate care and higher rate mobility 344.7 183.8 160.9 Lower rate care and lower rate mobility 110.6 89.2 21.4 Lower rate care only 190.8 136.7 54.2 Higher rate mobility 467.5 188.3 279.2 Lower rate mobility 102.1 80.0 22.1 Source:
IAD Information Centre.
§ Mr. WebbTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost would be of increasing the upper age limit on claiming disability living allowance to (i) 70, (ii) 75 and (iii) 80 years; what estimate he has made of the likely number of beneficiaries; and what take-up assumptions are made in this calculation. [150450]
§ Maria EagleThe requested information is not available. The effect of increasing the upper age limit for claims to Disability Living Allowance would be to enable people aged 65 and over to claim and qualify for the mobility component and the lowest rate care component of the allowance. Entitlement to these and the other components of the allowance can be reliably established after a claim has only been made and the mobility and care needs of the customer assessed. There are no reliable data available on which estimates could be made of the number of people aged 65 and over who might be entitled to either the mobility component or the lowest rate care component of Disability Living Allowance if they were to make a claim. The higher and middle rate care components of Disability Living Allowance have the same entitlement conditions as Attendance Allowance which is available to people aged 65 and over when they claim help with their disability-related extra costs.
Incapacity Benefit claimants by Diagnosis group in each August quarter Thousands 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 All 2,369.8 2,301.7 2,275.3 2,286.2 2,337.8 2.377.0 2,400.5 Claimants without any diagnosis code on the system 11.7 9.3 5.4 10.0 7.4 4.9 5.0 Certain Infectious and Parasitic Diseases 16.7 17.2 17.2 17.6 18.0 17.6 18.6 Neoplasms 26.1 26.4 28.7 30.1 32.2 33.5 34.6 Diseases of the Blood and Blood forming organs and certaindiseases involving the immune mechanism 3.5 3.7 3.4 3.6 4.0 3.9 4.1 Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases 43.3 40.8 38.9 36.8 36.3 35.6 35.2 Mental and Behavioural Disorders 594.5 631.2 676.0 718.7 771.8 833.0 878.9 Diseases of the Nervous System 110.1 111.2 111.2 112.6 116.4 122.5 126.2 Diseases of the Eye and Adnexa 14.1 13.7 13.7 13.4 14.2 14.7 14.3 Diseases of the Ear and Mastoid Process 9.5 9.7 9.3 8.9 9.2 9.9 10.0 Diseases of the Circulatory System 264.0 235.3 213.9 195.9 187.4 179.1 169.0 Diseases of the Respiratory System 91.6 84.1 77.7 71.8 70.4 66.4 63.5 Diseases of the Digestive System 41.1 40.4 39.9 40.3 41.2 40.2 39.6 Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous System 16.4 16.0 16.1 15.9 16.3 15.4 13.6 Diseases of the Musculoskeletal system and Connective Tissue 595.9 569.2 549.1 536.3 535.3 521.2 508.3 Diseases of the Genitourinary System 19.2 18.5 18.0 17.8 17.9 17.5 17.3 Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium 4.7 4.7 4.4 4.1 4.2 4.7 4.4 Certain Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period — — — — — — — Congenital Malformations. Deformations and Chromasomal Abnormalities 2.4 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.9 5.1 5.6