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Disability Living Allowance

John Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people claimed the mobility component of disability living allowance in each year since 1997 in (a) Leeds West constituency and (b) Leeds metropolitan district. [41869]

Mrs. McGuire: The administration of disability living allowance is a matter for the chief executive of the Disability and Carers Service, Mr. Terry Moran. He will write to the hon. Member with the information requested.

Letter from Terry Moran, dated 30 January 2006:

You asked the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claimed the mobility component of disability living allowance in each year between 1997 to 2005 in (a) Leeds West constituency and (b) Leeds Metropolitan district.

The Minister for Disabled People, Anne McGuire MP, promised you a substantive reply from the Chief Executive of the Disability and Carers Service.

The information requested is not available. Such information as is available is in the following table:

Numbers in receipt of disability living allowance mobility component as at May in each year shown Thousand

	Leeds West parliamentary constituency	Leeds local authority
May:
2005	3.6	28.3
2004	3.5	27.7
2003	3.4	26.8
2002	3.2	25.6
2001	3.1	24.5
2000	2.9	23.0
1999	2.8	22.0
1998	3.1	21.9
1997	2.8	21.1

Notes:
1. Totals show the number of people where the mobility component is in payment.
2. Local authorities and parliamentary constituencies are assigned by postcode using ONS data.
3. Leeds local authority is equivalent to Leeds metropolitan district.
4. Information is not available for the number of people who have claimed" the mobility component.
Source:
DWP Information Directorate: Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study for totals and 5 per cent. for older time series.

Mr. Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claimants of disability living allowance there were in each year since its introduction, broken down by type of disability; and what the expenditure was in each case in each year. [42542]

Mrs. McGuire: The available information is in the following tables.
 
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Table 1—Disability living allowance: Numbers of recipients in Great Britain in each year from 1992 to 2005 by recorded main disabling conditions Thousand

	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
All recipients recorded main disabling condition	1,048.9	1,229.5	1,367.9	1,578.9	1,761.9	1,941.5	2,054.1
Arthritis	234.5	269.4	295.2	340.5	381.1	423.2	444.1
Muscle/Joint/Bone Disease	91.3	95.6	106.4	122.2	134.6	147.2	155.6
Blindness	23.3	32.1	36.9	42.4	46.0	49.6	52.2
Stroke-related	69.5	74.7	76.0	80.8	83.8	87.7	90.1
Learning Difficulty	95.4	133.4	151.5	168.5	182.0	193.3	204.4
Other mental health causes	55.8	66.2	81.6	108.8	139.2	169.3	199.2
Epilepsy	20.1	24.4	28.9	35.9	40.0	45.0	48.0
Deafness	8.3	9.4	10.0	11.8	13.6	16.2	20.2
Malignant Disease	22.1	24.1	26.3	32.7	35.7	41.1	42.9
Chest Disease	61.0	69.7	72.8	79.4	83.7	87.0	87.4
Back ailments	79.1	88.6	101.9	122.7	145.6	168.0	178.6
Heart Disease	98.5	110.4	118.6	130.3	140.9	149.8	151.2
Parkinsons Disease	6.6	7.9	8.6	9.6	10.5	11.2	12.0
Diabetes Mellitus	19.9	23.1	24.8	28.8	32.8	35.7	37.6
Renal disorders	6.0	6.7	7.3	8.5	9.3	9.4	9.5
Skin diseases	2.8	4.0	5.5	7.0	8.1	9.8	10.8
Other	154.8	190.0	215.3	249.2	275.1	297.9	310.4

Thousand

	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
All recipients recorded main disabling condition	2,121.4	2,192.6	2,305.8	2,423.9	2,546.7	2,643.4	2,715.5
Arthritis	453.5	465.0	481.4	416.0	442.5	465.7	478.5
Muscle/Joint/Bone Disease	161.2	166.6	177.9	160.4	176.3	188.9	198.1
Blindness	54.2	56.0	58.0	55.6	57.6	59.2	60.6
Stroke-related	92.5	94.7	97.9	77.9	82.3	85.4	87.4
Learning Difficulty	212.7	219.8	228.6	218.3	228.6	237.7	246.6
Other mental health causes	221.9	243.4	275.3	311.6	350.2	385.2	414.3
Epilepsy	48.3	50.0	53.0	50.9	53.5	55.1	56.5
Deafness	23.0	25.0	27.3	28.2	29.7	31.0	32.0
Malignant Disease	45.5	47.2	52.1	52.9	56.1	58.4	61.5
Chest Disease	86.1	85.2	85.1	72.1	76.0	78.2	79.2
Back ailments	184.6	191.4	202.3	181.9	191.9	199.1	204.5
Heart Disease	150.7	150.7	153.6	124.3	130.4	132.8	133.2
Parkinsons Disease	12.3	12.7	13.1	11.8	12.7	13.5	14.1
Diabetes Mellitus	39.2	41.2	43.5	43.6	47.5	49.8	51.3
Renal disorders	9.8	10.0	10.7	10.3	10.9	11.3	11.5
Skin diseases	11.5	11.4	11.8	13.1	13.8	14.0	14.1
Other	314.5	322.4	334.2	595.0	586.6	577.9	572.1

Notes:
1. Figures show number of recipients as at 31 August in 1992 and as at 31 May in each of the years from 1993 to 2005.
2. Figures for 1992 to 2001 are based on 5 per cent. sample data, and are therefore subject to a degree of sampling variation; figures for 2004 and 2005 are taken from 100 per cent. work and pensions longitudinal study data.
3. Figures are in thousands and rounded to the nearest hundred. Totals may not sum due to rounding.
Source:
DWP Information Directorate

Table 2—disability living allowance: estimated expenditure in Great Britain in each financial year from 1992–93 to 2004–05, by recorded main disabling condition of recipients (£ million in real terms at 2005–06 prices)

Recorded main disabling condition	1992–93	1993–94	1994–95	1995–96	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99
Arthritis	567	766	864	1,039	1,205	1,297	1,350
Muscle/Joint/Bone Disease	237	292	325	377	424	446	469
Blindness	43	65	73	88	99	105	113
Stroke-related	232	284	279	303	319	325	333
Learning Difficulty	254	387	413	466	517	540	562
Other mental health causes	146	200	235	311	403	480	555
Epilepsy	55	79	93	115	132	142	147
Deafness	18	24	25	30	36	41	48
Malignant Disease	77	103	117	144	161	178	188
Chest Disease	145	200	212	241	261	270	267
Back ailments	183	249	294	371	455	502	523
Heart Disease	217	291	319	371	415	429	433
Parkinsons Disease	22	31	32	38	42	45	47
Diabetes Mellitus	49	64	72	85	98	104	111
Renal disorders	15	21	23	28	31	30	31
Skin diseases	7	11	14	17	20	23	24
Other	439	643	727	850	953	999	1,030
Total expenditure	2,708	3,709	4,118	4,873	5,569	5,957	6,231

 
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(£ million in real terms at 2005–06 prices)

Recorded main disabling condition	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002/03	2003–04	2004–05
Arthritis	1,405	1,472	1,540	1,587	1,641	1,691
Muscle/Joint/Bone Disease	491	516	556	589	627	656
Blindness	119	125	132	137	142	146
Stroke-related	345	357	368	367	371	377
Learning Difficulty	588	613	652	661	692	724
Other mental health causes	611	687	782	868	975	1,069
Epilepsy	152	161	171	178	186	191
Deafness	52	57	63	68	71	74
Malignant Disease	195	211	230	240	253	268
Chest Disease	272	276	281	284	287	293
Back ailments	547	578	622	652	682	711
Heart Disease	443	455	472	479	489	494
Parkinsons Disease	49	51	53	54	56	59
Diabetes Mellitus	116	125	133	139	144	153
Renal disorders	31	33	35	37	38	39
Skin diseases	25	26	28	31	32	32
Other	1,065	1,115	1,167	1,200	1,241	1,291
Total expenditure	6,506	6,858	7,286	7,568	7,927	8,270

Notes:
1. Figures are in real terms at 2005–06 prices using GDP deflators published by HM Treasury on 28 September 2005, and are consistent with outturn expenditure published in the DWP benefit expenditure tables for PBR 2005.
2. Figures are rounded to the nearest million pounds and totals may not sum due to rounding.
3. Expenditure for 1992–93 and 1993–94 has been apportioned using recorded main disabling condition data from the August 1992 and August 1993 DLA Quarterly Statistical Inquiries. Expenditure for 1994–95 to 2004–05 has been apportioned using the average caseloads from all four Quarterly Statistical Inquiries in those years. Figures for 2004–05 are estimated outturn.
4. DLA Quarterly Statistical Inquiry data is based on a 5 per cent. sample and is therefore subject to a degree of sampling variation.
Source:
DWP Cross Cutting Strategy and Analysis Directorate

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