§ Mr. Astorasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if she will give the number of men and women, respectively, who having unsuccessfully appealed to the local tribunal, on the subject of benefit, subsequently appealed to the Commissioner, and the number of such appeals which were successful and unsuccessful, respectively, during the year 1964.
§ Mr. PentlandFigures are not available for appeals to the Commissioner by men and women separately. In 1964 436 appeals were decided by the Commissioner in cases involving the six weeks disqualification rules for unemployment benefit, of which 322 were decided against the claimant and 114 were decided wholly or partly in his favour. In some cases the appeals were made by an insurance officer, not by the claimant.
§ Mr. Astorasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if she will give the number of men and women, respectively, who appealed against the decision of the Commissioner in respect of benefit successfully and unsuccessfully, during the year 1964.
§ Mr. PentlandThe Commissioner is the final appellate authority appointed under the National Insurance Act. There is no right of appeal against his decisions.
§ Mr. Astorasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if she will give the average cost, including overheads, of appeals held before local 3W tribunals and before the Commissioner, respectively, during the year 1964.
§ Mr. PentlandThe average administrative costs in 1964 of an appeal heard by a National Insurance Local Tribunal and the National Insurance Commissioner respectively were about £10 and £90.