§ Mr. DrewTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many DLA application refusals there were in each of the last 10 years; and how many of those refusals were later successfully appealed against. [77853]
§ Maria EagleThe information requested is not available in the format requested.Such information is available in the table.
Number of rejected Disability Living Allowance Claims for the past 10 financial years Number of DLA applicants rejected on first application 1992–93 208,730 1993–94 213,440 1994–95 256,410 1995–96 255,280 1996–97 276,125 1997–98 255,710 1998–99 208,200 1999–2000 190,390 2000–01 206,145 2001–02 192,320 Note
Initial claim rejected information is available only at national level.
Source:
ASD Information Centre 100 per cent. data taken from 100 per cent. extract of monthly management information system and rounded to the nearest five.
785WThe information requested regarding successful appeal against refusal is not available.