HC Deb 26 July 1985 vol 83 c912W
Mr. Frank Field

asked the Attorney-General how many outstanding social security appeals to social security commissioners were held in the office of the commissioners awaiting hearing at December 1983, December 1984 and currently, broken down between (a) applications seeking leave to appeal, (b) successful applications awaiting receipt of appeal and (c) appeals.

The Attorney-General

The number of pending appeals and applications to the social security commissioners in (i) April 1984 (when this information was first collected), (ii) December 1984 and (iii) currently, is respectively:

April 1984 December 1984 Currently
(a) applications seeking leave to appeal 125 151 302
(b) successful applications awaiting receipt of the appeal papers 224 253 231
(c) appeals 898 1,019 1,287

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