Attendance Allowance
(asked on 21st February 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of pensioners received the (a) lower and (b) higher rate of attendance allowance in each of the last seven years.
Information on the number and proportion of Attendance Allowance claimants receiving the lower and higher rate in each of the last seven years is contained in the table below:
| Lower rate | Higher rate | ||
| number | percentage | number | percentage |
2011 | 687,206 | 43% | 913,654 | 57% |
2012 | 662,191 | 43% | 893,922 | 57% |
2013 | 630,264 | 42% | 867,056 | 58% |
2014 | 601,739 | 41% | 854,647 | 59% |
2015 | 585,395 | 40% | 873,372 | 60% |
2016 | 565,833 | 39% | 881,664 | 61% |
2017 | 549,507 | 38% | 886,097 | 62% |
Note: number of claimants as at August in each year and relates to claimants receiving a payment
This information is published and available at:
https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk
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