HC Deb 08 May 2000 vol 349 c278W
Ms Julie Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what percentage of appeals against decisions to refuse Disability Living Allowance were successful in(a) Wales, (b) Scotland and (c) England in the last year for which figures are available. [120931]

Angela Eagle

The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table.

Figures for each of the appeals service regional offices
Total In appellants favour Percentage
Great Britain 51,827 25,234 48.7
Birmingham 5,442 2,398 44.1
Cardiff 6,886 3,438 49.9
Glasgow 8,402 4,072 48.5
Leeds 4,458 2,312 51.9
Liverpool 6,759 2,991 44.3
Nottingham 7,235 3,644 50.4
Newcastle 3,965 1,901 47.9
Salford 3,914 1,688 43.1
Sutton 4,766 2,790 58.5

Notes:

  1. 1. The figures relate to all Disability Living Allowance (DLA) appeals heard between 1 January 1999 and 31 December 1999.
  2. 2. We are unable to identify the reason for the appeals against DLA decisions. The figures will include appeals for other reasons as well as refusal of benefits.

Source:

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