Industrial Disablement Benefit

Mr. D. E. Thomas
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many recipients of industrial disablement benefit in Wales, Scotland, England and the English regions also receive (a) unemployability supplement,  (b) special hardship allowance, (c) constant attendance allowance, (d) approved hospital treatment allowance, and (e) exceptionally severe disablement allowance; and what is the amount of expenditure involved for each benefit.

Mr. O'Malley
Figures are available only for Great Britain as a whole and are as follows: -------------------------------------------------
|(a)|unemployability supplement                 |
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|(b)|special hardship allowance                 |
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|(c)|constant attendance allowance              |
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|(d)|hospital treatment allowance               |
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|(e)|exceptionally severe disablement allowance.|
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These allowances are not accounted for separately but the total expenditure on them in the year ending 31st March 1974 was £35 million.