Mr. B. Taylorasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if he will give the number of Minister's references to medical appeal tribunals, the number whose assessments by the medical boards have been reduced, and the number of those whose assessments 97W have been increased, for 12 months to the nearest convenient date.
§ Lieut.-Commander MaydonDuring the year 1962, 5,370 medical board decisions involving disablement assessments came before medical appeal tribunals on a reference by the Minister. In 2,769 cases the medical board's decision was varied unfavourably to the claimant; in 1,616 it was varied favourably; and in the remainder (985) there was no change.
Mr. B. Taylorasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if he will state the number of Minister's references to the Nottingham Medical Appeal Tribunal, the number in which assessments by the medical boards have been reduced, and the number in which assessments have been increased, for 12 months to the nearest convenient date.
§ Lieut-Commander MaydonDuring the year 1962, 536 medical board decisions involving disablement assessments came before the Nottingham medical appeal tribunal on a reference by the Minister. In 351 cases the medical board's decision was varied unfavourably to the claimant; in 101 it was varied favourably; and in the remainder (84) there was no change.