§ Mrs. Margaret EwingTo 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.
626WDepartment 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. ScottThe 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