§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will estimate the cost of collecting the information requested in the question by the right hon. Member for Manchester, Wythenshawe, about appeals against awards of mobility allowance, referred to in his answer of 23 July.
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§ Dr. Boyson[pursuant to his reply, 17July 1984,c. 156]: The information requested on expenditure is in the table. The proportion of expenditure on rate rebates going to owner-occupiers is estimated to be 45 per cent. in 1983–84. Exact figures for earlier years are not available but estimates indicate the proportion was broadly similar.
§ Mr. NewtonIt is estimated that it would cost some £60,000 to collect this information. It would involve the identification of over 64,000 appeal cases and the individual examination of the relevant claim files.