§ Mr. Kirkwoodasked the Attorney-General, for the most recent year for which figures are available (a) how many social security appeals in total were made to the commissioners, (b) how many of these appeals were made other than on a point of law, (c) how many appeals were made by women and (d) how many of these appeals were made other than on a point of law.
§ The Attorney-GeneralIn 1985, 2,151 appeals were made to the social security commissioners in England and460W Wales. I understand from my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland that the corresponding figure for Scotland was 426 appeals. I regret the other information is not available.