§ Mr. Humeasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the average length of time taken to deal with claims for attendance allowance and appeals, at each stage, against refusal of this allowance.
§ Mr. NeedhamThe average time between the receipt of a claim and determination of title is about 17 weeks. Attendance allowance appeals on medical questions are considered by way of review and a sample check made recently indicated that the average time taken was about 10 weeks.