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Lord Marlesford asked Her Majesty's Government:
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security (Baroness Hollis of Heigham): We are continuing to tackle the issue of National Insurance number (NINO) fraud in a number of ways. There are specific procedures aimed at preventing existing numbers from being used fraudulently and any application for a NINO is rigorously checked. Section 19 of the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 provides a requirement for all benefit applicants to provide sufficient information or evidence of identity, so that the correct NINO for the claimant and anyone else included in the claim can be traced and confirmed as appropriate to them.
Lord Morris of Manchester asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Hollis of Heigham: The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is as follows.
The expenditure on each social security benefit for disabled people in each year from 1978-9 to 1996-97 (in 96/97 prices) is shown in the attached Table 1.
The majority of the increase in expenditure on the main disability benefits is accounted for by caseload growth, as Table 2 illustrates.
£ million | ||||||
AA | ICA | SDA | MA | DLA | DWA | |
1978-79 | 517 | 12 | 212 | 145 | 0 | 0 |
1979-80 | 530 | 11 | 224 | 208 | 0 | 0 |
1980-81 | 579 | 11 | 241 | 278 | 0 | 0 |
1981-82 | 670 | 12 | 264 | 351 | 0 | 0 |
1982-83 | 764 | 15 | 292 | 447 | 0 | 0 |
1983-84 | 897 | 18 | 330 | 551 | 0 | 0 |
1984-85 | 994 | 19 | 407 | 614 | 0 | 0 |
1985-86 | 1,122 | 21 | 435 | 690 | 0 | 0 |
1986-87 | 1,237 | 165 | 452 | 816 | 0 | 0 |
1987-88 | 1,352 | 277 | 445 | 898 | 0 | 0 |
1988-89 | 1,418 | 245 | 447 | 954 | 0 | 0 |
1989-90 | 1,530 | 242 | 457 | 1,016 | 0 | 0 |
1990-91 | 1,690 | 254 | 524 | 1,080 | 0 | 0 |
1991-92 | 1,961 | 327 | 685 | 1,220 | 0 | 0 |
1992-93 | 1,714 | 381 | 706 | 75 | 2,177 | 3 |
1993-94 | 1,925 | 474 | 754 | 0 | 2,972 | 8 |
1994-95 | 2,073 | 556 | 819 | 0 | 3,299 | 12 |
1995-96 | 2,255 | 634 | 843 | 0 | 3,907 | 20 |
1996-97 | 2,421 | 768 | 893 | 0 | 4,361 | 25 |
Key:
AA = Attendance Allowance, ICA = Invalid Care Allowance,
SDA = Severe Disablement Allowance, MA = Mobility Allowance, DLA = Disability Living Allowance, DWA = Disability Working
Allowance.
Source:
1997 DSS Departmental Report and earlier equivalent publications.
Notes:
1. The definition of disability benefit is consistent with the departmental report published in March 1997.
2. Invalid Care Allowance is included, although it is not itself paid to disabled people. It is a benefit that is paid to those caring for certain categories of disabled people.
Sources:
1. Social Security statistics various years, Analytical Services Division 1 Quarterly publications.
2. 1997 DSS Departmental Report and earlier equivalent publications.
Benefit in 1978/79 Equivalent benefit in 1996/97 Percentage growth in expenditure (real terms 96/97 prices) Percentage growth in caseload
Mobility Allowance Disability Living Allowance (DLA) Higher Rate Mobility Component 1410 per cent. 1140 per cent.
Attendance Allowance (AA) AA and DLA Higher or Middle Rate Care Component 700 per cent. 650 per cent.
Invalid Care Allowance (ICA) ICA 6300 per cent. 5900 per cent.