§ Ms Rachel SquireTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) what is the average length of time taken to process an appeal against the disallowance of a disability living allowance applications; [2687]
(2) how many appeals have been lodged following the disallowance of a disability living allowance application since 1 April 1994; and, of these appeals, how many have been upheld. [2688]
§ Mr. Andrew MitchellThe information is not available in the format requested. However, the average clearance time for appeals considered by disability appeal tribunals, which include disability living allowance appeals, is 30 weeks.
Between 1 April 1994 and 31 October 1995, 41,800 disability living allowance appeals have been decided and, of these, 26,662 cases the appeal was upheld.
§ Ms SquireTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many disability living allowance applications have been received since 1 April 1994; and how many of those were disallowed. [2686]
§ Mr. MitchellThe information is not available in the format requested. The available information is in the table:
Number DLA claims received between 1 April 1994 and 31 October 1995 747,000 DLA claims processed between 1 April 1994 and 31 October 1995 735,000 Number disallowed between 1 April 1994 and 31 October 1995 378,000