Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of the working age population of Motherwell and Wishaw constituency are in receipt of disability living allowance.

The information requested is shown in the table below.

Source:

DWP 100% Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (Caseload)

National Records of Scotland © Crown Copyright 2014 (Population Estimates Mid 2013)

Notes:

1. Caseload figure is rounded to the nearest 10; The proportion is rounded to one decimal place.

2. Caseload information is published at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool

3. Population information is published at: http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/population/population-estimates/mid-year-population-estimates

4. Parliamentary Constituency of claimant (Westminster) These constituencies are used for the Westminster parliament.

5. Caseload information shows the number of people in receipt of an allowance, and exclude people with entitlement where the payment has been suspended, for example if they are in hospital.

6. The population estimates are for the constituencies for the 2011 Scottish Parliament elections as at 30th June for each year from 2002 onwards.

7. The population estimates areas are based on data zone population estimates.

8. Data zones do not fit exactly into the 2011 Scottish Parliamentary Constituency boundaries, so they are allocated on a 'best fit' basis.

9. Where a data zone crosses the boundary of two or more constituencies it is allocated to the constituency that contains the population-weighted centroid of the data zone.