Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Disability Living Allowance Child claims per year are refused due to a lack of requested information such as identity verification documentation.

For the number of Disability Living Allowance Child (DLAc) new claims which were rejected over the latest five-year period, please see table 1.

Table 1: Number of DLAc new claims which were rejected in the last five performance reporting years

Performance reporting year data - April 01 to 31 March each year

Notes:

• Figures are for England and Wales only.
• Figures are for normal rules only.
• Figures relate to claims rejected at first decision.
• Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
• These figures are based on internal management information and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard and so should be treated with caution.

The information requested on why claims were rejected, including lack of requested information, and if any of the rejected claimants went on to raise a mandatory reconsideration, is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.