§ Mr. WeirTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many appeals against refusal of applications for carers allowance (formerly invalid care allowance) in(a) Angus and (b) Scotland have been successful in each of the last five years. [62386]
§ Maria EagleThe information requested for Angus is not available.
The available information for the total number of successful appeals in Scotland in each of the years from 1998 to 2001 is in the table.
Number of successful appeals 1998 70 1999 85 2000 50 2001 40