Attendance Allowance: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) Glasgow East constituency and (b) Scotland were in receipt of the (i) higher and (ii) lower rate of attendance allowance on the latest date for which figures are available. (290779)

[holding answer 9 September 2009]: The information is provided in the table:

*The number of people in Glasgow East constituency and Scotland in receipt of higher and lower rate of attendance allowance at February 2009*
	Lower rate	Higher rate
Glasgow East parliamentary constituency	1,290	2,050
Scotland	57,360	87,640
Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest ten. 2. Totals show the number of people in receipt of the lower or higher rate attendance allowance. Excludes people with an entitlement where payment has been suspended. Source: DWP Information Directorate Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study

Volume 497: debated on Wednesday 14 October 2009