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Dept for Work and Pensions;Disability and Carers Service

Answer

Paul Farrelly: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many people are being paid disability living allowance in Newcastle-under- Lyme; [198579] (2) how many pensioners have received the attendance allowance in Newcastle-under-Lyme in each year since 1997; [198604] (3) what the cost of administering the carer's allowance was in each of the last three years. [198715] Maria Eagle: The administration of the Disability and Carers Service is a matter for the Chief Executive, Mr. Terry Moran. He will write to the hon. Member with the information requested. Letter from Terry Moran to Mr. Paul Farrelly, dated 17 November 2004: In reply to three of your recent Parliamentary Questions about the Disability and Carers Service, the Minister for Disabled People, Maria Eagle MP, on behalf of the Secretary of State, promised a substantive reply from the Chief Executive. You asked the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are being paid Disability Living allowance (DLA) in Newcastle-under-Lyme. In May 2004 there were 4,400 people (to the nearest hundred) in receipt of DLA in the Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency area. You also asked the Secretary of State how many pensioners have received the Attendance Allowance in the constituency of Newcastle-under-Lyme in each year since 1997. The figures (rounded to the nearest hundred), are outlined below: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number 1997 2,500 1998 2,600 1999 2,500 2000 2,900 2001 2,700 2002 2,600 2003 2,400 2004 2,500 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. In addition, you also asked the Secretary of State what the cost of administering the Carers Allowance was in each of the last three years. This information, which relates to staff costs only, is outlined below: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ 2001-02 13,890,753 2002-/03 16,551,014 2003- 16,858,598 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The increase in costs between 01/02 and 02/03 was due to the recruitment of additional staff to deal with an increase in CA claims as a consequence of the introduction of the Carers Package in October 2002. This allowed carers over the age of 65 to make a claim. I hope this is helpful.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

426 c1859-60W;426 c1863-4W; 198579;198604;198715

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Disability Disability living allowance Administration Costs Attendance allowance Carers' benefits Pensioners Recipients Social security benefits Take-up Newcastle-under-Lyme

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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