Disability Living Allowance: Bexley Mr. Evennett To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of people were in receipt of the (a) care and (b) mobility component of the disability living allowance in (i) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (ii) the London borough of Bexley in the latest period for which figures are available. Jonathan Shaw The available information is in the table. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |Disability living allowance—Care|Disability living allowance—Mobility| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Total|Higher rate |Middle rate |Lower rate|Nil rate|Higher rate|Lower rate|Nil rate| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bexleyheath and Crayford parliamentary constituency |3,620|840 |1,370 |850|560|1,980|1,220|420| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bexleyheath and Crayford—percentage of population |4.3 |1.0 |1.6 |1.0|0.7|2.3|1.4|0.5| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |London borough of Bexley |9,150|2,070 |3,390 |2,280|1,410|4,960|3,080|1,110| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |London borough of Bexley—percentage of population |4.1 |0.9 |1.5 |1.0|0.6|2.2|1.4|0.5| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 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. 3. Office for National Statistics' population estimate mid 2007 for Bexleyheath and Crayford parliamentary constituency is 84,826; and for the London borough of Bexley, the population estimate 2008 is 223,300. Source: Department for Work and Pensions Information Directorate: Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study.| | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------