§ Mr. Battleasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if Her Majesty's Government plan to amalgamate the mobility allowance tribunals and social security appeal tribunals, as recommended in the Oglesby report; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. PortilloUnder the present system, non-medical questions arising on mobility allowance claims are decided, on appeal, by social security appeal tribunals; medical questions are decided by medical boards and thereafter, if necessary, by medical appeal tribunals. We have no plans at present to revise this aspect of medical adjudication.