§ Mr. HealeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many social security appeal tribunal hearings concerning cohabitation or living together as man and wife cases there were in each of the last five years; and in what percentage the tribunal found in favour of the client. [149450]
§ Angela EagleThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table.
Appeals heard in the periods shown with an issue code of "Living Together" from 1 October 1998 Appeals cleared at hearing Appeals decided in favour of the appellant 1 October 1997 to 30 September 1998 n/a 1 October 1998 to 30 September 1999 874 354 (40.5 per cent.) 1 October 1999 to 30 September 2000 1,311 681 (51.9 per cent.) Notes:
1. Issue codes were only added to the GAPS system in November 1999, although some earlier cases have been coded.
2. Figures are provisional and are subject to change.
Source:
100 per cent. download from the Appeals Service GAPS computer system.
Gross weekly earnings for unitary authorities in Scotland £ Median1 Lowest decile2 Highest decile3 Full-time Non-manual Aberdeen City 404.8 227.5 844.4 Aberdeenshire 396.6 191.9 738.6 Angus 368.5 201.0 550.3 Dundee City 347.4 205.9 638.3 East Ayrshire 381.6 186.3 584.8 Edinburgh, City of 379.3 211.2 706.7 Falkirk 322.7 204.3 681.4 Fife 348.2 195.3 592.6 Glasgow City 359.2 205.4 690.6 Highland 316.3 183.3 592.9 Midlothian 398.6 243.7 617.5 North Ayrshire 381.0 192.1 571.0 North Lanarkshire 359.9 212.7 608.8 Perth and Kinross 332.0 183.9 526.1