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Disability Living Allowance

Answer

The information requested is not available in the format requested. Such Information as is available is included in the following table. National Statistics datasets available for analysis do not hold information on disability living allowance recipients who have had their entitlement withdrawn.

Disability living allowance (DLA) cases in payment by disabling condition and mobility and care award type: August 2011
	All	Disease of the Muscles, Bones or Joints	Metabolic disease
All	3,222,690	196,510	10,540
Higher Rate Mobility	1,788,340	142,330	7,180
Lower Rate Mobility	1,014,850	8,390	1,160
Nil Rate Mobility	419,500	45,790	2,220
Higher Rate Care	760,000	32,990	3,020
Middle Rate Care	1,087,620	45,760	3,520
Lower Rate Care	903,380	82,430	2,670
Nil Rate Care	471,700	35,330	1,340
Notes:
1. Case loads are rounded to the nearest 10. Totals may not sum due to rounding.
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. Where more than one disability is present only the main disabling condition is recorded. Main disabling condition is published on the Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (WPLS 100%) tabulation tool from May 2011.
4. There are many causes of restricted growth, only the commonest is coded separately by the DWP, this is 'Achondroplasia [O42]'. The DWP records two other categories separately that may include people whose primary disability relates to their restricted growth, these are 'Growth hormone deficiency [S02]' and 'Other genetic disorders, dysplasias and malformations [O50]'.
5. Prior to October 2008 recipients of disability living allowance (DLA) were classified to one of 50 disabling conditions. After October 2008 claimants were allocated to a disabling condition using a more detailed range of more than 500 classifications however the department does not publish these finer classifications. For publication purposes the classifications are mapped to the broader classifications as approximately 60% of disabling condition codes on the system are currently recorded under the previous classifications.
6. 'Achondraplasia' and 'Other genetic disorders, dysplasias and malformations' form part of the Disease of the Muscles, Bones or Joints group. 'Growth hormone deficiency' forms part of the Metabolic Disease group.
7. Figures are published on the tabulation tool:
http://statistics.dwp.gov.uk/asd/index.php?page=tabtool
Source:
DWP Information Directorate: Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

104127; 543 c1316-7W

Session

2010-12

Subjects

Disability living allowance Restricted growth

Link

View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk12050176000746