§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many cases were heard by the social security appeals tribunals, formerly the supplementary benefit appeals tribunals, by region, in each of the past five years; what were the numbers of successful cases in each region, and the total awards, by region; and whether he has any information as to the numbers of men and women in each category in each year.
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Staff Nurse—Basic Salary and Earnings: 1982–84 Minimum Maximum 1982–83* Basic pay £4,998 £6,094 Earnings† £5,748 £7,008 1982–83 to 1984 Basic pay £5,398 £6,582 Earnings† £6,208 £7,569 Increase 1983–84 Basic pay (percentage) 8 8 Earnings — — * Pay settlement effective from 23 August 1982 to 31 March 1984. † Estimates.
§ Mr. Willie W. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the basic salary maxima of the main nurses and midwives Whitley pay grades effective at 1 April in each year since April 1980 (a) expressed in cash terms and (b) expressed in real terms, and taking into account the increased charge for residential accommodation.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe following table shows for the main nursing pay grades, the basic salary maxima for the years 1979 to 1984 and the movements in these salaries as measured against changes in the retail price index. The figures exclude the effect of the reduction in nurses' working hours in 1980–81 which was itself equivalent to a further increase of 6–5 per cent. on basic pay. We estimate that only some 10 to 15 per cent. of nurses live in NHS accommodation and lodging charges are related to the costs of providing that accommodation rather than to salaries. The figures therefore take no account of lodging charges because there is no sensible basis upon which they can do so.
§ Mr. Tony NewtonThe tables list the number of supplementary benefit appeals heard and the number successful in each of the social security regions in the past five years. It is not possible to draw direct comparisons between the twelve old regions and the seven new social security regions, as a number of boundary changes were made. No information is available on the total awards made, or on the sex of claimants.
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Supplementary benefit appeals—all appeals heard and successful by region 1979 1980 1981 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) Region Number heard Number successful Col. (2) as percentage of Col. (1) Number heard Number successful Col. (5) as percentage of Col. (4) Number heard Number successful Col. (8) as percentage of Col. (7) Great Britain 50,639 10,840 21.4 49,355 10,914 22.1 49,864 8,862 17.8 Northern 2,045 482 23.6 2,014 442 21.9 1,834 304 16.6 Yorks/Humberside 3,647 735 20.2 4,206 929 22.1 3,904 666 17.1 East Midlands and East Anglia 3,658 836 22.9 3,631 814 22.4 3,720 578 15.5 London north 5,014 837 16.7 4,696 778 16.6 4,599 510 11.1 London south 5,471 892 16.3 4,663 708 15.2 4,779 629 13.2 London west 3,160 694 22.0 3,510 725 20.7 3,371 456 13.5 South Western 4,838 1,274 26.3 4,524 1,218 26.9 3,951 821 20.8 West Midlands 6,649 1,449 21.8 6,144 1,339 21.8 6,008 1,147 19.1 North west Manchester 4,198 1,090 26.0 3,467 1,003 28.9 3,571 924 25.9 Merseyside 4,787 868 18.1 4,419 862 19.5 4,345 725 16.7 Wales 2,936 840 28.6 3,244 914 28.2 3,150 783 24.9 Scotland 4,236 843 19.9 4,837 1,182 24.4 6,632 1,319 19.9
1982 1983 Region (1) Number heard (2) Number successful (3) Col. (2) as a percentage of Col. (1) (4) Number heard (5) Number successful (6) Col. (5) as a percentage of Col. (4) Great Britain 56,084 10,195 18.2 60,567 11,828 19.5 North Eastern 7,337 1,465 20.0 7,911 1,796 22.7 London north 7,914 956 121 8,435 1,115 13.2 London south 7,597 1,012 13.3 7,761 1,130 14.6 Wales and South Western 7,382 1,641 22.2 6,710 1,525 22.7 Midlands 9,041 1,876 20.7 9,963 2,351 23.6 North Western 9,479 2,003 21.1 11,064 2,296 20.8 Scotland 7,334 1,242 16.9 8,723 1,615 18.5