§ Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the number of successful appeals against refusal to pay statutory sick pay in each year from 1983 to 1985; and how many appeals against refusal to pay 57W statutory sick pay were received by his Department in each year from 1983 to 1985 for the county of Leicestershire and the city of Leicester, respectively.
§ Mr. MajorInformation about appeals to social security appeal tribunals on statutory sick pay questions
Appeals to social security appeal tribunals on statutory sick pay question Year Number of appeals lodged* Number of appeals heard and decided Number of appeals decided in appellant's favour 1984 (April to December) 73 51 13 1985 (January to March) 25 10 5 A special count in the four local offices in the city of Leicester indicates that in 1984 only one appeal on a statutory sick pay question was lodged and in 1985 three appeals were lodged although only one was heard and decided in that year.
* Appeals lodged will include those lodged in the period plus those outstanding from an earlier period.