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<p>The information requested is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="3"><p><strong>Number of working age Disability Living Allowance claimants
in the Motherwell and Wishaw Parliamentary Constituency, as a proportion of the working
age population: As at February 2014</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Motherwell
and Wishaw</p></td><td><p>4,270</p></td><td><p>8.8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source:</p><p> </p><p>DWP 100% Work and Pensions Longitudinal
Study (Caseload)</p><p> </p><p>National Records of Scotland © Crown Copyright 2014
(Population Estimates Mid 2013)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1.
Caseload figure is rounded to the nearest 10; The proportion is rounded to one decimal
place.</p><p> </p><p>2. Caseload information is published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool</a></p><p>
</p><p>3. Population information is published at: <a href="http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/population/population-estimates/mid-year-population-estimates"
target="_blank">http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/population/population-estimates/mid-year-population-estimates</a></p><p>
</p><p>4. Parliamentary Constituency of claimant (Westminster) These constituencies
are used for the Westminster parliament.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p>
</p><p>6. The population estimates are for the constituencies for the 2011 Scottish
Parliament elections as at 30th June for each year from 2002 onwards.</p><p> </p><p>7.
The population estimates areas are based on data zone population estimates.</p><p>
</p><p>8. Data zones do not fit exactly into the 2011 Scottish Parliamentary Constituency
boundaries, so they are allocated on a 'best fit' basis.</p><p>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.</p>
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