Dataset: Disability Living Allowance (All Entitled cases)
Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is a tax-free benefit for disabled people who need help with mobility or care costs. It replaced and extended Attendance Allowance (AA) and Mobility Allowance (MobA) for people in this age group from April 1992.
You can claim for DLA if you are under 16 or if you were born after 8 April 1948 and you make a claim in the same year you stopped receiving DLA.
From 8 April 2013, Disability Living Allowance for people of working age was replaced by Personal Independence payment (PIP) for new claims. PIP is also gradually replacing existing DLA claims for people of working age.
Statistics are based on all entitled DLA claims in Great Britain on the reference date; this excludes cases in Northern Ireland. These statistics include those who have had their payment suspended, for example if they are in hospital.