§ Mr. Leslie Huckfieldasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many decisions of the National Insurance Commissioners were published in 1970, and how many decisions, both oral and written, were not officially published.
§ Sir K. JosephI have been asked to reply.
The Chief Commissioner selected 19 decisions for publication out of the 2,576 appeals which were decided.
§ Mr. Leslie Huckfieldasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many 274W appeals to the Commissioners for National Insurance have been decided in favour of claimants during the past 12 months; and to how many workers claiming unemployment benefit such decisions applied.
§ Sir K. JosephI have been asked to reply.
In the period ending 31st December, 1970, the latest period for which figures are available, the Commissioners decided 2,576 appeals of which 1,096 were in respect of unemployment benefit 568 were decided in favour of the claimant and of these 249 were for unemployment benefit.