Written question asked by David Evennett (Conservative) on Tuesday, 30 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 6 April 2010. It was answered by Jonathan Shaw (Labour) on Wednesday, 7 April 2010 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Disability Living Allowance: Bexley

Question: 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.

Answer

The available information is in the table.

Disability living allowance: Cases in payment and percentage of population by award type, as at August 2009 for Bexleyheath and Crayford parliamentary constituency and the London borough of Bexley
		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.

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