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Mrs. Fyfe
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate the number of people receiving the higher rate of disability living allowance; and of these the number who have (a) had their benefit (i) reduced and (ii) stopped and (b) had their benefit increased. [78316]
Mr. Bayley
The information is not available in the form requested. Such information as is available is in the table.
| Recipients of Disability Living Allowance | |
| Thousands | |
| All recipients of higher rate awards1,2 | 1,447 |
| Number of these cases where the value of the previous award was lower3,4 | 238 |
| Number of these cases where the value of the previous award was higher3,4 | 44 |
| Number of these cases where the previous award terminated3,5 | 19 |
| 1 Figures at 31 August 1998. | |
| 2 Awards involving the highest rate of the care component or the higher rate of the mobility component either paid singly or combined with any rate of the other component. | |
| 3 The previous award was made between 1 April 1992 and 31 August 1998. | |
| 4 The value of the award is based on the rates of each component. | |
| 5 Cases terminate for various reasons including: expiry of a fixed period award; residence and presence conditions no longer satisfied; other conditions of entitlement not satisfied. Benefit may have been relinquished voluntarily by the claimant or withdrawn by the Department. | |
Source:
Analytical Services Division 5 per cent. Data