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Attendance Allowance: Leeds

Volume 503: debated on Monday 11 January 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many people in the Leeds city area claimed attendance allowance in each of the last five years; (306575)

(2) how many people in Leeds West constituency claimed attendance allowance in each of the last five years.

The available information is in the table.

Attendance allowance—cases in payment in Leeds local authority area and Leeds West parliamentary constituency

As at May each year

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

Leeds local authority area

14,090

14,360

14,510

14,740

15,130

Leeds West parliamentary constituency

1,550

1,590

1,630

1,640

1,690

Notes:

1. Caseload figures are rounded to the nearest ten.

2. 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.

Source:

DWP Information Directorate; Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study