Attendance Allowance

Mrs. Chalker
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he can provide an estimate of the number of people in receipt of the invalidity pension or non-contributory invalidity pension who are also in receipt of the attendance allowance.

Mr. Alfred Morris
The information is not held in a form which enables me to provide a reliable estimate, but it is thought unlikely that more than 10 per cent. of invalidity pensioners receive attendance allowance. A high proportion of non-contributory invalidity pensioners are hospital in-patients, and I am advised that there may be up to 20 per cent. of the total non-contributory group who also receive attendance allowance.