Disability Living Allowance

HC Deb 20 December 1999 vol 341 cc325-6W

Mr. Martyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the average time taken to process a disability living allowance appeal in the Wrexham County Borough Area. [102638]

Angela Eagle

Information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is as follows.

Between 1 January 1999 and 31 May 1999 the average time taken to process a Disability Living Allowance appeal, in the area handled by the Cardiff office of the Independent Tribunal Service, was 37.8 weeks from date of lodgement to date of tribunal. From the date the appeal was received by the Independent Tribunal Service to the date of tribunal the average time was 33.5 weeks.

The changed structure to the decision making and appeals processes introduced by the Social Security Act 1998 were introduced for Disability Living Allowance on 18 October 1999.

Source:

100 per cent. download from the Appeals Service computer system.