57. Sir I. Fraser asked the Attorney-General, how many claimants have appealed to date for hearing before the pensions appeal tribunals; how many of these appeals have been heard; and how many have been allowed, disallowed, adjourned and are still awaiting he
§ The Attorney-General (Sir Donald Somervell)Up to the 12th February, 1944, more than 20,500 appeals had been lodged with the Minister of Pensions who, in a substantial proportion of them had revised his previous decision. By the 18th February, 1,806 appeals had been heard by the Tribunals, of which 395 had been allowed, 1,128 had been disallowed and 251 had been adjourned. On that date 1,737 appeals were awaiting hearing by the Tribunals.