§ Mr. Nigel GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give for social security tribunal appeals(a) the number of appeals outstanding in the United Kingdom, (b) the number of appeals outstanding in Scotland, (c) the approximate time it has taken for 411W appeals which are being heard this week to be processed from the date of receipt, (d) how long it will take for all outstanding appeals to be processed in the United Kingdom and (e) how long it will take for all outstanding appeals to be processed in Scotland; and if, in each case, he will give, where possible, the appeal by category of claim.
§ Mr. PortilloThe latest available administrative statistics on social security appeal tribunals for Great Britain relate to appeals heard in the second quarter of 1987. At June 1987 there were 107,307 appeals in Great
Great Britain in the Second Quarter of 1987 No. of Appeals Outstanding No. of Appeals Heard Average Time Between Lodgement and Hearing (weeks) Benefit type England and Wales Scotland Great Britain Scotland Great Britain Scotland Great Britain All Types 85,760 21,547 107,307 6,396 38,705 21.6 20.3 Attendance Allowance 64 7 71 3 31 25.8 30.5 Child Benefit 816 71 887 61 579 36.5 24.4 Disablement Benefit 973 70 1,043 89 437 31.3 32.9 Family Income Supplement 686 55 741 3.4 343 20.1 19.3 Guardians Allowance 12 — 12 2 10 37.3 23.7 Industrial Death Benefit 29 1 30 1 16 32.0 28.9 Invalid Care Allowance 212 18 230 6 115 17.0 19.9 Invalidity Benefit 1,462 102 1,564 110 846 23.5 26.1 Maternity Benefit (Pre April 1987) 76 3 79 4 56 27.4 19.0 Maternity Allowance (From April 1987) 6 — 6 — 2 — 29.9 Mobility Allowance 315 41 356 29 358 25.1 19.1 One Parent Benefit 6 — 6 1 5 43.9 31.5 Retirement Pension 274 8 282 6 137 40.5 27.5 Severe Disablement Benefit 90 21 111 9 32 20.7 25.7 Sickness Benefit 370 21 391 20 275 24.7 23.8 Social Fund: Funeral Payments 40 1 41 — 5 — 17.0 Maternity Payments 32 9 41 — 4 — 10.5 Statutory Sick Pay 14 — 14 — 8 — 17.6 Supplementary Benefit Single Payments 25,760 5,636 31,396 4,559 22,348 20.5 19.1 Other Payments 11,744 1,761 13,505 1,015 7,708 24.3 22.1 Unemployment Benefit 8,521 1,022 9,543 484 5,142 23.3 19.6 Widows Benefit 81 2 83 1 75 18.6 36.1 Workmens Compensation: Pneumoconiosis and Byssinosis 6 1 7 1 6 13.3 13.0 Not Known 33,815 12,675 46,490 — — — — Others 356 22 378 11 167 14.7 29.2 Note: Some 43 per cent. of the statistical record did not indicate the benefit type; it is thought that the great majority of these relate to supplementary benefit weekly and single payment.