AQW 39607/11-15 Written question to the Minister for Social Development
To ask the Minister for Social Development how many people in each constituency were in receipt of Disability Living Allowance in each of the last three years.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 1 December 2014
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 1 December 2014
- Answer due by
- 16 December 2014
- Answered
- 8 December 20147 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The table below details the number of Disability Living Allowance recipients in each of the last three years broken down by constituency.
| Aug-12 | Aug-13 | Aug-14 | |
| Constituency | 9,080 | 9,290 | 9,450 |
| Belfast East | |||
| Belfast North | 15,060 | 15,290 | 15,750 |
| Belfast South | 8,580 | 8,720 | 8,910 |
| Belfast West | 17,680 | 17,740 | 18,040 |
| East Antrim | 7,540 | 7,750 | 7,920 |
| East Londonderry | 8,650 | 9,010 | 9,340 |
| Fermanagh And South Tyrone | 9,800 | 9,080 | 9,390 |
| Foyle | 13,970 | 14,160 | 14,430 |
| Lagan Valley | 7,980 | 8,110 | 8,380 |
| Mid Ulster | 10,460 | 10,680 | 11,050 |
| Newry And Armagh | 12,480 | 12,610 | 12,870 |
| North Antrim | 8,750 | 8,990 | 9,350 |
| North Down | 6,470 | 6,620 | 6,780 |
| South Antrim | 8,280 | 8,460 | 8,680 |
| South Down | 11,330 | 11,590 | 11,820 |
| Strangford | 7,750 | 7,900 | 8,090 |
| Upper Bann | 13,050 | 13,130 | 13,460 |
| West Tyrone | 13,080 | 13,270 | 13,600 |
| Unknown | 810 | 2,190 | 2,590 |
| Total | 190,790 | 194,580 | 199,880 |
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