asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of cases that have been approved for receiving attendance allowance and constant attendance allowance, respectively, in each year since the commencement of these schemes.

The table below gives the numbers in receipt of these

NUMBERS OF PERSONS IN RECEIPT OF ATTENDANCE ALLOWANCE AND CONSTANT ATTENDANCE ALLOWANCE (ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST 10)
			Attendance Allowance*	CAA (War Pensions)†	CAA (Industrial Injuries)‡
1948	…	…	—	5,000	—
1949	…	…	—	6,670	—
1950	…	…	—	8,100	—
1951	…	…	—	8,450	—
1952	…	…	—	9,340	1,360
1953	…	…	—	10,550	1,470
1954	…	…	—	10,710	1,720
1955	…	…	—	10,150	1,820
1956	…	…	—	9,650	1,890
1957	…	…	—	9,300	1,930
1958	…	…	—	8,950	1,990
1959	…	…	—	8,670	2,080
1960	…	…	—	8,560	2,250
1961	…	…	—	9,030	2,280
1962	…	…	—	9,210	2,310
1963	…	…	—	9,080	2,250
1964	…	…	—	9,090	2,270
1965	…	…	—	8,890	2,310
1966	…	…	—	8,760	2,350
1967	…	…	—	8,760	2,390
1968	…	…	—	8,500	2,560
1969	…	…	—	8,300	2,570
1970	…	…	—	8,200	2,630
1971	…	…	50,270	8,000	2,580
1972	…	…	85,200	7,770	2,610
1973	…	…	138,160	7,510	2,610
1974	…	…	180,150	7,290	2,640
1975	…	…	215,850	7,050	2,560
1976	…	…	251,040	6,740	—
* The figures are as at 31st December each year. The attendance allowance first became payable on 6th December 1971. The lower rate allowance was introduced during 1973.
† The figures for the years 1948 to 1953 are as at 31st March. The remainder are as at 31st December. Constant attendance allowance for war pensioners commenced in 1917, but figures for years before 1948 are not readily available.
‡ Includes allowances paid under section 159 of the Social Security Act 1975 and under the Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit Scheme 1966, and its predecessors.

The figures given are as at 30th September for 1964–1975 and as at 30th October for earlier years.No reliable figures are available for years between 1948, when the allowance was introduced, and 1965, or as yet for 1976.