asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the median average period during which individual recipients are in receipt of: (a) attendance allowance and (b) mobility allowance.
I regret that information is not available in the form requested. The latest available information about the periods for which attendance allowance and mobility allowance are awarded is set out in the tables.
| (a) Awards of attendance allowance made during 1986 | ||
| Duration of awards (years) | Number at higher rate | Number at lower rate |
| less than 1 | 547 | 781 |
| 1 and over but less than 2 | 7,312 | 11,943 |
| 2 and over but less than 3 | 12,601 | 19,162 |
Duration of awards (years)
| Number at higher rate
| Number at lower rate
|
| 3 and over but less than 4 | 4,905 | 6,921 |
| 4 and over but less than 5 | 1,641 | 2,632 |
| 5 and over | 5,427 | 9,640 |
| For life | 63,955 | 96,425 |
(b) Awards of mobility allowance current at 13 February 1987
| |
Duration of award (years)
| Number
|
| 1 | 13,180 |
| Over 1 and up to and including 2 | 24,600 |
| Over 2 and up to and including 3 | 5,430 |
| Over 3 and up to and including 4 | 640 |
| Over 4 but not up to age 75 | 17,310 |
| Up to age 75 | 379,340 |
| For life under the Mobility Allowance (Vehicle Scheme Beneficiaries) Regulations 1977 | 25,300 |
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he proposes to seek to alter present criteria governing rules for (a) attendance allowance and (b) mobility allowance.
We have no plans to do so.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many are in receipt of (a) mobility allowance and (b) attendance allowance; how many mobility allowance and attendance allowance recipients receive supplementary benefit or are dependants of someone receiving supplementary benefit: and what is his estimate as to the proportion of such people who either recieve a higher rate heating addition for themselves or have one paid to the head of the household on their account for the latest available year.
[pursuant to his reply, 4 February 1987, c. 696]: The latest available information is as follows: