Written question asked by Mark Oaten (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 2 December 1998, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 7 December 1998. It was answered by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Monday, 7 December 1998 on behalf of the Department of Social Security.

Dept of Social Security

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what information his Department has collected relating to the income tax bands of claimants of disability living allowance. - Including table.

Answer: Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what information his Department has collected relating to the income tax bands of claimants of disability living allowance. [62633] Mr. Timms: The information is not routinely collected. Estimates of the current recipients of disability living allowance (DLA) based on the 1995-96 family resources survey _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Tax band Number of DLA recipients 20 per cent. rate 120,000 23 per cent. rate 110,000 40 per cent. rate 10,000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. The tax rates refer to the highest marginal rate of income tax the recipient is liable to pay. 2. Entitlement to Disability Living Allowance depends on the level of help a disabled person needs with personal care and mobility, not on their level of income. 3. These estimates are based on survey information and subject to margins of error.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 322 c4W; 62633
Session: 1998-99
Subjects: Disability Disability living allowance Eligibility Income tax Social security benefits Tax rates and bands
Contains statistics: Yes