§ Mr. BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people who have been examined for the all-work test of incapacity have been found capable of work(a) in total and (b) during each month since April 1995, for each of the 11 medical services centres. [20180]
§ Mr. BurtThe information is not available in the format requested. National figures for the number of claimants disallowed following examination are in the table.
Number April 1995 10 May 1995 28 June 1995 1,087 July 1995 3,680 August 1995 5,015 September 1995 5,987 October 1995 7,281 November 1995 8,540 December 1995 5,716 January 1996 9,966 Total 47,310 These figures do not include clerically processed cases, credits-only cases or severe disablement allowance cases.
§ Mr. BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many IB50 all-work questionnaires have been issued by his Department in each of the months since April 1995; how many have been returned in the time allowed; and how many people failed to return the questionnaire without good cause in each of the 11 medical services centres. [20174]
§ Mr. BurtThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the tables:
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IB50 Questionnaires issued Number April 1995 59,382 May 1995 140,929 June 1995 114,244 July 1995 87,020 August 1995 77,729 September 1995 93,976 October 1995 115,600 November 1995 124,295 December 1995 96,639 January 1996 156,319 Total 1,066,133
Claims disallowed because of failure to return questionnaire. Number April 1995 0 May 1995 9 June 1995 724 July 1995 855 August 1995 630 September 1995 442 October 1995 608 November 1995 717 December 1995 655 January 1996 1,269 Total 5,909 Figures do not include clerically processed cases, credits-only cases or severe disablement allowance cases.
§ Mr. BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many appeals(a) have been lodged to date against a decision that the claimant is capable of work and (b) have been heard; how many and what percentage were found in the claimant's favour; and how many claimant were represented. [20176]
§ Mr. BurtInformation is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available as at the end of January 1996, is in the table:
Vote number Vote title Original revised Summer Winter Spring 1995–96 Class XIII, Vote 1 Central Government Administered Social Security Benefits and Other Payments 33,232,636 - - 1,151,000 Class XIII, Vote 21 Housing Benefit, Council Tax Benefit, Payments into the NI Fund and Payment into the Social Fund, IRO Regulated Expenditure 12,236,830 - - Token IK Class XIII, Vote 32 Housing Benefit Administration and Council Tax Benefit Administration, Payments into the Social Fund IRO Discretionary Expenditure and other Grants 403,139 - 14,566 1,550 Class XIII, Vote 42 DSS Administration and Miscellaneous Services 2,676,396 - - 19,355 1Vote title changed to housing benefit subsidies, council tax benefit subsidies, payments into the national insurance fund and payments into the social fund in respect of regulated expenditure, in Spring supplementary estimate. 2This vote is subject to a cash limit, the figures quoted above represent the NET provision.