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Severe Disablement Allowance
Dr. Godman: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the number of people in Scotland aged (a) 16 to 29 years and (b) 30 to 64 years, (i) in receipt of and (ii) refused severe disablement allowance in (1) 1992-93 and (2) 1995-96. [29213]
Mr. Andrew Mitchell: The administration of severe disablement allowance is a matter for Peter Mathison, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member.
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Letter from Peter Mathison to Dr. Norman A. Godman, dated 21 May 1996:
Figures are provisional and subject to amendment.
(15) These figures are taken from a 1% sample of all claims to benefit in Great Britain, and are rounded to the nearest thousand. Regional information is recorded and has been used to produce this data.
(16) The latest figures available are for 30.11.95. These are taken from a sample of the Pensions Strategy Computer System for Incapacity Benefit, and do not include a small number of cases which are not held on this system.
The number of people in Scotland who were refused SDA can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
I hope you find this reply helpful.
Dr. Godman:
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people is Scotland currently in receipt of (a) the care, (b) the mobility and (c) both components of disability living allowance have been awarded the benefit for life. [29211]
The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking if he will list the number of people in Scotland aged (a) 16 to 29 years and (b) 30 to 64 years, (i) in receipt of and (ii) refused Severe Disablement Allowance (SDA) in (1) 1992-93 and (2) 1995-96.
The information is not available in the format requested. The total number of people in Scotland who were in receipt of SDA as at 31 March 1993 was 34,920 and at 31 March 1996 was 41,205.
However a statistical sampling exercise was completed and the information derived is as follows:
Aged 16 to 29 Aged 30 to 64
As at 3.4.93(15) 8,000 25,000
As at 30.11.95(16) 9,680 28,500
Mr. Mitchell: This is a matter for Peter Mathison, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Peter Mathison to Dr. Norman A. Godman, dated 21 May 1996:
(17) Latest date available. Figures are provisional and subject to amendment.
I hope you find this reply helpful.
The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many people in Scotland currently in receipt of (a) the care, (b) the mobility and (c) both components of Disability Living Allowance have been awarded the benefit for life.
The information requested is as follows:
Care component 87,500
Mobility component 134,300
Both components 77,800
Incapacity Benefit
Dr. Godman: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people in Scotland were (a) in receipt of and (b) refused incapacity benefit at (i) the short-term lower rate, (ii) the short-term higher rate and (iii) the long-term rate in 1995-96. [29212]
Mr. Burt: The administration of incapacity benefit is a matter for Peter Mathison, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member.
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Letter from Peter Mathison to Dr. Norman A. Godman, dated 21 May 1996:
Data are provisional and subject to amendment.
Figures are not cumulative but a snapshot at the end of the month.
Figures are shown to nearest 100 cases.
Notes:
1. Data are provisional and subject to amendment.
2. Includes cases disallowed for own occupation test, failure to return questionnaire, failure to attend examination without good cause and found capable of all work.
3. Excludes cases disallowed on initial application for Incapacity Benefit as the contribution condition is not satisfied.
4. Figures for April to June 1995 were not broken down and are only available as a total of all three rates.
Source:
100 per cent. count of cases on the Incapacity Benefit system. Excludes a small number of clerically processed cases.
The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many people in Scotland were (a) in receipt of and (b) refused incapacity benefit at (i) the short-term lower rate, (ii) the short term higher rate and (iii) the long-term rate in 1995-96.
The information is not available in the format requested, such information that is available is shown in the attached tables.
I hope you find this reply helpful.
April 31,100 1,700 240,400
May 29,500 4,300 243,500
June 28,700 6,200 236,500
July 30,800 8,000 233,300
August 31,400 9,300 233,300
September 31,000 11,000 232,300
October 32,000 12,400 231,000
November 26,600 13,100 227,700
December 26,400 13,300 225,800
January 27,800 14,300 222,200
February 28,700 14,800 221,000
March 28,900 15,600 220,600
1995-96 Short term lower rate Short term higher rate Long term rate
April -- 2 --
May -- 13 --
June -- 452 --
July 60 190 492
August 104 216 529
September 118 267 381
October 153 452 518
November 160 436 726
December 134 255 530
January 164 375 1,010
February 157 333 1,154
March 147 324 1,255
Disability Working Allowance
Dr. Godman: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people in Scotland were (a) in receipt of and (b) refused disability working allowance in (i) in 1992-93 and (ii) 1995-96. [29248]
Mr. Andrew Mitchell: This is a matter for Peter Mathison, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member.
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Letter from Peter Mathison to Dr. Norman A. Godman, dated 21 May 1996:
Data is provisional and subject to amendment.
Notes:
(18) Customers who have received DWA at some time during the year (i.e. if the award is renewed the customer is only counted once).
(19) Customers who have had DWA disallowed during the year (i.e. if a customer has had more than one claim disallowed, they are only counted once).
Source:
DWA Computer System all claims.
I hope you find this reply helpful.
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many people in Scotland were (a) in receipt of and (b) refused Disability Working Allowance (DWA) in (i) 1992-93 and (ii) 1995-96.
The information requested is not available in the format requested. Data is not available for 1992/93 as it has been destroyed in line with our current document destruction policy. Data for the period January 1996 to March 1996 will not be available until August 1996. However information is available for the calendar years 1993 and 1995 in the following table:
Number of customers 1993 1995
In receipt of DWA(18) 503 1,073
Disallowed DWA(19) 457 947
Invalidity Benefit
Dr. Godman: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people in Scotland were (a) in receipt of and (b) refused invalidity benefit in 1994-95. [29249]
Mr. Burt: The administration of incapacity benefit is a matter for Peter Mathison, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member.
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