§ Colonel ASHLEYasked the Minister of Pensions the number of appeals heard by the Pensions Appeal Tribunal both before and after 1st November, 1919; and the percentage of appeals allowed in both cases in favour of the appellant?
§ Major TRYONThe number of appeals decided by the Pensions Appeal Tribunals to the 31st October, 1919, was 14,731, of which 5,064 were allowed. The similar figure for the period 1st November, 1919 (when the statutory tribunals were constituted), to the 30th September, 1920, is 13,030, of which 4,130 were allowed.
§ Major BIRCHALLasked the Minister of Pensions what proportion of the cases taken to appeal prior to the establishment of the Lord Chancellor's appeal tribunals was allowed; what proportion of the cases heard by the Lord Chancellor's tribunals had been allowed; how many widows' cases have been heard by the latter tribunals; and what proportion of them was allowed?
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§ Major TRYONThe number of appeals decided by the Pensions Appeal Tribunals prior to the establishment of the statutory tribunals on the 1st November, 1919, was 14,731, of which 5,064 were allowed. During the period 1st November, 1919, to 30th September, 1920, 1,3030 appeals were decided by the statutory tribunals., of which 4,130 were allowed. For widows alone the number for the second period is 1,131, and of these 417 were allowed.