§ Mr. Mappasked the Minister of Social Security what is the average number of industrial injury cases referred to the Medical Appeal Tribunal per annum; and of that number how many are supported by the appellant with independent medical advice and separately independent legal advice.
§ Mr. LoughlinOn average about 21,000 cases come before medical appeal tribunals each year. About a quarter of these are references by my Department and the remainder are appeals from claimants against the decisions of medical boards. I regret that the information requested in the second part of the question is not available.