Written question asked by Adam Thompson (Labour) on Friday, 29 August 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 2 September 2025. It was answered by Torsten Bell (Labour) on Friday, 5 September 2025 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.
Attendance Allowance
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for attendance allowance are processed each year; and what proportion of those applications do not proceed to assessment.
- Answer
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The number of Attendance Allowance (AA) applications cleared are measured weekly. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100.
In 2022/23, 415,800 applications were cleared.
In 2023/24, 508,200 applications were cleared.
In 2024/25, 517,200 applications were cleared.
Because of how we capture our operational data, information on if a claim has progressed to assessment is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs.
Special Notes:
The Applications Cleared figures are unpublished management information, collected and intended for internal departmental use and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard.
Please note that data is missing for w/c 18th December 2023 as such the figure for 2023/24 has a small undercount.
Secondary information
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- 71578
- Session
- 2024-26
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- Attendance allowance
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- Yes
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