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Dept for Work and Pensions

Answer

Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many disabled people up to the age of 21 years are receiving state benefits due to their disability. [206186] Maria Eagle: The requested information is in the table: Number of young disabled people under the age of 22 receiving benefits _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Benefit1 Number Disability living allowance (DLA) aged under162 276,500 Disability living allowance (DLA) aged 16 to 212 87,900 Income support (IS) with disability premium3 26,300 Severe disablement allowance (SDA)3 6-- Industrial injuries disablement benefits (IIDB)(3,4) 170 Total5 376,600 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 The benefits included are DLA, SDA, IIDB and IS with a disability premium. IIDB includes reduced earnings allowance cases. A claimant can receive more than one of these benefits. 2 DLA is payable to claimants of all ages, including children. 3 These benefits are payable to claimants aged 16 and over. 4 The overlap between IIDB and other benefits is negligible, and therefore the IIDB figure has been presented separately using the 100 per cent. data. 5 The "total" number excludes overlaps between benefits. Therefore the individual benefit totals do not sum to the overall "total". 6 Nil or negligible. Notes: 1. 5 per cent. figures are rounded to the nearest hundred. Numbers taken from a 5 per cent. sample are subject to a degree of sampling error. 2. 100 per cent. figures are rounded to the nearest 5. Sources: IAD Information Centre, 5 per cent. Working Age Client Group sample and 5 per cent. DLA samples. IAD Information Centre 100 per cent. IIDB database.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

206186; 428 c1453W;428 c1452W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Disability Disability living allowance Income support Social security benefits Young people Industrial injuries disablement benefit Severe disablement allowance

Link

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