Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

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.

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The Applications Cleared figures are unpublished management information, collected and intended for internal departmental use and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics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 18^th December 2023 as such the figure for 2023/24 has a small undercount.