§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many supplementary benefit claimants to whom the four-week rule was applied in the period 14th October 1968–17th December 1968 and in each succeeding quarter year renewed their claims; and of these how many were refused an extension of benefit.
§ Mr. DeanThe information available relates only to the period from 24th September 1969, and is as follows:—
four-week rule appealed against the decision to withdraw benefit after four weeks, and how many of these appeals were successful.
§ Mr. DeanRegarding the first part of the Question I would refer the hon. Member to my reply to him on 6th July Following are the figures requested about appeals, related to the periods for which these statistics were kept:
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§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many supplementary benefit claimants to whom the four-week rule had been applied during the period 23rd September 1970 to 15th December 1970 and in each
Appeals to Tribunals fallowing Refusal to Renew Allowance Allowances Limited Initially to a Maximum of Four Weeks Allowances Reviewed after Three Months Statistical Period Total Number of Appeals Claimant Successful Total Number of Appeals Claimant Successful 23rd September 1970 to 15th December 1970 … 88 3 25 4 16th December 1970 to 23rd March 1971 … 172 29 19 3 24th March 1971 to 22nd June 1971 … 223 41 36 8 23rd June 1971 to 21st September 1971 … 166 29 16 4 22nd September 1971 to 14th December 1971 … 104 22 14 4 15th December 1971 to 21st March 1972 … 97 14 8 2 22nd March 1972 to 20th June 1972 … Nil Nil Nil Nil 21st June 1972 to 19th September 1972 … 7 Nil 4 Nil 20th September 1972 to 12th December 1972 … 38 4 13 1 13th December 1972 to 20th March 1973 … 31 6 12 3 Total … 926 148 147 31