§ 75. Mr. Haymanasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance in how many cases in each of the last three years his medical advisers have disagreed with the expressed views of local doctors on war disability applications to the disadvantage of the applicants.
§ Brigadier SmythI regret that this information is not available.
§ Mr. Haymanasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance how many applications for war disability pensions in each of the last three years have been referred to independent medical experts; and how often the advice tendered favoured the applicants.
§ Brigadier SmythThe cases referred numbered 49 in 1952, 21 in 1953 and 18 in 1954. Advice favourable to the applicants was given in 10, eight and three cases, respectively.
§ Mr. Haymanasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance how many war disability claims were received during each of the last three years; how many were granted and how many rejected; and how many, in each category, were in respect of the 1914–18 war.
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§ Brigadier SmythThe following table gives the available information:
Year Received Accepted Rejected 1952 27,850 (1,040) 11,940 85) 13,060 (810) 1953 27,100 (1,260) 11,710 (105) 13,900 (740) 1954 23,200 (910) 9,600 (120) 12,550 (640) The figures in parentheses relate to the 1914 war and are included in the main figures.
As a number of the claims accepted or rejected in each of the years 1952–54 were made in previous years, the sets of figures are not strictly comparable.