Written question asked by Lord Bruce of Bennachie (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 20 January 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 27 January 2003. It was answered by Maria Eagle (Labour) on Monday, 27 January 2003 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Dept for Work and Pensions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disability living allowance recipients, whose main disabling condition is deafness, are aged between (a) 0 to 16 years and (b) 16 to 64 years and live in (i) England, (ii) Wales and (iii) Scotland. - Includes table.

Answer: Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many disability living allowance recipients, whose main disabling condition is deafness, are aged between (a) 0 to 16 years and (b) 16 to 64 years and live in (i) England, (ii) Wales and (iii) Scotland. [92811] Maria Eagle: The information is in the table. Number of recipients of disability living allowance aged under 16 and 16 to 64 whose main disabling condition is deafness or deaf and blind at 31 August 2002. Thousands _________________________________________________________________________________________________. England Wales Scotland 0-15 7.9 0.6 0.6 16-64 15.6 1.0 1.8 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: Figures are in thousands and rounded to the nearest hundred Source: IAD Information Centre, data taken from 5 per cent. sample as at 31 August 2002.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 92811; 398 c657W;398 c655W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Disability Disability living allowance Age Hearing impairment Recipients Scotland Social security benefits Wales
Contains statistics: Yes
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