§ Mr. TruswellTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many appeals against decisions of the War Pensions Agency have been(a) submitted and (b) successful in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [88223]
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§ Mr. BayleyInformation is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table.
Year Assessment Entitlement Number of appeals lodged 1995–96 4,920 3,064 1996–97 5,282 3,883 1997–98 4,694 3,336 1998–99 1,440 1,189 Successful appeals cleared by pensions appeal tribunals1 1995–96 722 1,388 1996–97 947 1,997 1997–98 1,251 1,373 1998–99 983 1,179 1 The second part of the table relates solely to successful claims cleared by the Pensions Appeals Tribunals. Due to the time taken to process appeals, they are not necessarily decided in the same year as that in which they are lodged. Figures of appeals lodged and decided in a particular year do not therefore necessarily relate to the same appeal. Note:
War Pensions appeals fall into 2 broad categories:
Entitlement—Those where the issue is whether the claimed disablement or death is related to service in HM Forces.
Assessment—Those where the issue is the degree of disablement which is due to service. The higher the degree of disablement, the higher the rate of war disablement pensions awarded.