§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list by year for the last 10 years for the Doncaster area, the number of(a) successful and (b) unsuccessful appeals for (i) disability allowance and (ii) mobility allowance.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardI regret that the Department does not hold the information on social security appeal 155W tribunals in the format requested. National administrative statistics for appeal tribunals are not available for areas smaller than a social security region.
The tables give the details requested for social security appeal tribunals (SSATs) for the north-east region from 1984 until the nine-month period ending 30 September 1989—the latest figure available. SSATs decide non-medical appeal questions. Medical questions are decided by medical appeal tribunals (MATs), but the details requested are not yet available. I will write to the hon. Member when they are.
Social Security appeal tribunals in north-east England Disablement Benefit appeals heard and decided Mobility Allowance appeals heard and decided Claimant successful Nine months ending 31 December 1984 115 2 Year ending 31 December 1985 140 4 Year ending 31 December 1986 156 6 Year ending 31 December 1987 141 5 Year ending 31 December 1988 165 1 Nine months ending 30 September 1989 134 6 Claimant unsuccessful Nine months ending 31 December 1984 184 52 Year ending 31 December 1985 238 125 Year ending 31 December 1986 253 234 Year ending 31 December 1987 261 219 Year ending 31 December 1988 326 207 Nine months ending 30 September 1989 207 149