§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will estimate what proportion of those eligible for housing benefit in the Dundee district authority area do not claim their entitlement to this benefit.
§ Mr. PortilloI regret that information is not available on which to base a reliable estimate.
§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the total amount paid in social security payments to claimants of all benefits at the Dundee, East and Dundee, West offices of his Department in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. PortilloI regret that this information is not available.
§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the number of social security appeal tribunals which took place in Dundee on the latest available figures; in what proportion of those tribunals the claimant was successful; and what were the corresponding figures for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. PortilloThe national administrative statistics for social security appeal tribunals, which are the source for average durations between the lodging of appeals and hearing, are not disaggregated geographically below social security regions and are not available prior to the second quarter of 1984. The available information for Scotland is in the table. 649W
The number of social security appeals heard in Scotland and the proportion of decisions made in the appellant's favour Period Number ofappeals heard In appellant's favour number percentage Nine months ending 31 December 1984 11,252 2,906 25.8 Twelve months ending 31 December 1985 19,003 5,320 28.0 Twelve months ending 31 December 1986 22,561 6,162 27.3 Three months ending 31 March 1987 7,167 1,965 27.4