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Social Security Benefits: Disabled

Volume 490: debated on Monday 23 March 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have been in receipt of disability living allowance in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 1997. (263831)

The available information is in the table.

Disability living allowance cases in payment

Jarrow parliamentary constituency

South Tyneside local authority

North East Government office region

Great Britain

August 1997

4,300

8,200

134,000

1,982,900

August 1998

4,400

8,300

139,600

2,073,400

August 1999

4,300

8,200

141,600

2,145,300

August 2000

4,500

8,800

144,900

2,223,800

August 2001

4,800

9,300

151,100

2,337,900

August 2002

5,030

9,280

152,850

2,452,290

August 2003

5,140

9,490

156,120

2,571,470

August 2004

5,200

9,650

157,890

2,669,970

August 2005

5,310

9,780

159,000

2,747,100

August 2006

5,420

10,010

160,810

2,811,890

August 2007

5,580

10,340

165,710

2,907,650

August 2008

5,730

10,660

170,170

2,996,820

Notes:

1. August 2002 to August 2008: 100 per cent. Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Some additional disclosure control has also been applied.

2. Pre August 2002: 5 per cent. sample data rated up to be consistent with 100 per cent. WPLS totals. Figures are rounded to the nearest 100. Some additional disclosure control has also been applied.

3. There are no data available for disability living allowance in the WPLS before May 2002.

4. Totals show the number of people in receipt of an allowance, and exclude people with entitlement where the payment has been suspended, for example if they are in hospital.

Sources:

DWP Information Directorate.