§ Mr. MartlewTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many social security appeals were made by claimants who live in Carlisle city in the years 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987; and what percentage of these claimants were represented during the appeals.
§ Mr. PortilloThe table gives the available information. The national administrative statistics for social security appeal tribunals are not disaggregated for areas smaller than a social security region and the figures relate to the north-western region, which includes Carlisle city. Equivalent information is not available prior to April 1984.
Social security appeal tribunal statistics are now published annually in "Social Security Statistics" The 1986 edition contains information on social security tribunal statistics from April 1984 to December 1986 while the 1987 edition contains information from January 1986 to December 1986.
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Social security appeals in north-western region 1984 to 1987 Number attended by the appellant Number where the appellant was represented Year (1) Number of appeals lodged (2) Number of appeals heard (3) Total number (4) As percentage of column (2) (5) Total number (6) As percentage of column (2) 19841 30,686 12,125 6,997 57.7 2,745 22.6 1985 38,777 19,631 10,888 55.5 4,261 21.7 1986 42,584 18,167 9,864 54.3 3,849 21.2 19872 23,367 11,821 6,193 52.4 2,450 20.7 1 April to December. 2 January to June.