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Social Security Benefits: Eastbourne

Volume 469: debated on Tuesday 11 December 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the value of (a) attendance allowance and (b) disability living allowance payments for people over the retirement age living in Eastbourne was in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) 2006-07. (165398)

The available information is in the following tables.

Attendance allowance and disability living allowance expenditure for people over retirement age in the Eastbourne parliamentary constituency—cash terms

Status

Annual expenditure (£ million)

Attendance allowance

1997-98

Outturn

5.4

2006-07

Provisional Outturn

9.7

Disability living allowance

1997-98

Outturn

2.0

2006-07

Provisional Outturn

3.9

Attendance allowance and disability living allowance expenditure for people over retirement age in the Eastbourne parliamentary constituency—2007-08 prices

Status

Annual expenditure (£ million)

Attendance allowance

1997-98

Outturn

7.0

2006-07

Provisional Outturn

10.0

Disability living allowance

1997-98

Outturn

2.6

2006-07

Provisional Outturn

4.0

Notes:

1. All figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred thousand pounds.

2. All figures are consistent with the 2007 pre-Budget report and comprehensive spending review, as well as expenditure information published on the internet at www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd4/expenditure.asp

3. The 1997-98 caseloads used in the apportionment of expenditure are based on 5 per cent. samples, which have been calibrated to 100 per cent. data. 100 per cent. data have been used to apportion expenditure for 2006-07.

4. Parliamentary constituency data are not available prior to February 1997.

Source:

Expenditure has been taken from departmental accounting systems and combined with 100 per cent. statistical data to identify the proportion of expenditure paid to people over retirement age living in Eastbourne parliamentary constituency.