§ Mrs. Margaret EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many appeals were received by his Department in each of the past five years against decisions by the attendance allowance unit not to grant attendance allowance to applicants; and what percentage of the appeals were successful.
§ Mr. ScottApplications for review of whether the medical criteria for attendance allowance are satisfied in individual cases are decided by the independent Attendance Allowance Board and medical practitioners delegated to act on their behalf. Information about review applications decided in each of the past five years is in the table.