HC Deb 01 November 1988 vol 139 cc625-6W
Mrs. Margaret Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many appeals were received by his

Table Attendance Allowance: Decisions on applications for review 1983 to 1987
[1] Year [2] Number of Review Applications Decided1 [3] Number of Successful Review Applications2 [4] Column [3] as a percentage of column [2]
1987 58,273 44,104 75.7
1986 42,648 30,492 71.5
1985 41,995 30,252 72.0
1984 33,374 23,184 69.5
1983 29,843 19,819 66.4

Notes:

1 Includes applications from claimants dissatisfied with the original decision in their case and applications from claimants who believe their attendance needs have increased since their claim was decided.

2 Successful reviews include those where an allowance is awarded for the first time, those where an allowance is increased from the lower rate to the higher rate and those where the period covered by a certificate of attendance needs is increased.

Department in each of the past five years against decisions by the mobility allowance unit not to grant mobility allowance to applicants; and what percentage of the appeals were successful.

Mr. Scott

The available information is as follows. It relates to decisions given in the relevant years, not to appeals received in those years.

Year Number decided Decisions in favour of claimant (per cent.)
1. Appeals and references decided by social security appeal tribunals
1983 255 3.1
1984 409 3.7
1985 836 2.9
1986 1,644 2.4
1987 1,444 3.2
2. Appeals and references decided by medical boards
1983 12,970 30
1984 14,750 33
1985 16,800 32
1986 20,370 34
1987 21,208 30
3. Appeals decided by medical appeal tribunals
1983 3,070 33
1984 3,933 28
1985 4,316 20
1986 5,382 23
1987 5,753 27