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Dept of Social Security;Social Security Benefits Agency

Answer

Mr. Coleman: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many residents in Hammersmith and Fulham are in receipt of disability living allowance; and of those how many have had their benefits (a) reduced and (b) removed by the Benefit Integrity Project. [77841] Mr. Bayley: The administration of Disability Living Allowance is a matter for Peter Mathison, Chief Executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to my hon. Friend. Letter from Peter Mathison to Mr. Iain Coleman, dated 22 March 1999: The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many residents in Hammersmith and Fulham are in receipt of Disability Living Allowance, and of those how many have had their benefits (a) reduced and (b) removed by the Benefit Integrity Project. The number of people in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham who are in receipt of Disability Living Allowance, as at 31 May 1998 is 4,338. The information concerning how many of these have had their benefits reduced or removed by the Benefit Integrity Project is not available. To provide geographical information routinely would incur high costs and disrupt the processing of ongoing case work. You may find it helpful to know that a monthly statistical report can be found in the House of Commons Library.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

77841; 328 c147W

Session

1998-99

Subjects

Disability living allowance Recipients Social security benefits Benefit integrity project Hammersmith and Fulham

Contains statistics

Yes