Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disability living allowance applications for children with ADHD were (a) accepted and b) rejected in the most recent 12 months for which data is available.

The requested data is not available.

Child Disability Living Allowance (DLA) caseload statistics by main disabling condition are published on gov.uk at http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/tabtool.html

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is not listed separately but under the broader descriptor Hyperkinetic Syndrome. As of February 2015, there are 44,740 children with Hyperkinetic Syndrome being paid DLA out of 391,000 children in total.