§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services in how many cases, in the last convenient period (a) in England and (b) in Wales an unemployed claimant's appeal against the adverse decision of the local national insurance tribunal (i) has been referred to the department's commissioner and (ii) has resulted in a decision by the commissioner in favour of the claimant.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThe information is not available in the form requested and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. In the year ending 30 September 1979, however, the National Insurance Commissioners gave decisions on 581 appeals from unemployment benefit claimants, or from an association acting on behalf of a claimant. The table below shows how these appeals were decided:
what was the number of general practitioners per 1,000 population in the Greater Manchester region for the years 1977, 1978 and 1979; and how this compares with England and Wales over the same period;
(2) what was the number of general practitioners per 1,000 population in the Yorkshire region for the years 1977, 1978 and 1979; and how this compares with England and Wales over the same period.
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§ Sir George YoungThe information is as follows:
NUMBER OF GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS* PER 1,000 POPULATION AT 1 OCTOBER 1977–79 1977 1978 1979† Yorkshire RHA … … … … 0.47 0.47 0.49 Greater Manchester‡ … … … … 0.46 0.48 0.48 England and Wales … … … … 0.49 0.49 0.50 * Includes unrestricted and restricted principals, assistants and trainees. † Figures for 1979 are provisional. ‡ Derived from data for the 10 family practitioner committees covering the area of the Greater Manchester metropolitan county.