§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the total number of hearings of his Department's tribunals in the last two years for which figures are available; and if he will give separate figures for each type of tribunal.
§ Mr. RossiThe information is as follows:
Total number of appeals heard at tribunal hearings 1980 1981 National insurance local tribunals 39,257 36,883 Supplementary benefit appeal tribunals 49,355 49,864 Medical appeal tribunals 12,426 11,782
§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of his Department's 509W tribunal hearings, during the last two years for which figures are available, at which all the tribunal members were not present; if he will express this as a percentage of all hearings; and if he will give the number and percentage of hearings in which there was only (a) one and (b) two tribunal members present.