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Disability Living Allowance

Volume 508: debated on Monday 22 March 2010

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Steve Webb

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what her most recent estimate is of the number of people aged between 60 and 64 years old claiming the higher rate care component of disability living allowance on the grounds of terminal illness. (322291)

Jonathan Shaw

[holding answer 15 March 2010]: The information requested is provided in the table.

Disability living allowance special rules cases in payment receiving the higher rate care component as at August 2009

£

Aged 60 to 64

10,500

Notes:

1. Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred.

2. All recipients under special rules are entitled to the higher rate care component. Information on the mobility component awarded to special rules claimants is included, however this part of the award may not be associated with special rules.

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

Source:

Work and Pensions Information Directorate 5 per cent. sample.

Caution

The preferred statistics on benefits are now derived from 100 per cent. data sources. However, the 5 per cent. sample data still provide some detail not yet available from the 100 per cent. data sources, in particular, more complete information on the disabling condition of disability living allowance claimants. The Department recommends that, where the detail is only available on the 5 per cent. sample data, or disabling condition is required, the proportions derived should be scaled up to the overall 100 per cent. total for the benefit. The figures have been rated to agree with Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study totals.