§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Leeds, West on 28 July,Official Report, column 1045, what information is collected about disqualification from unemployment benefit.
§ Mr. EggarAll decisions on claims for unemployment benefit are made by the independent adjudicating authorities. These are firstly an adjudication officer, on appeal a social security appeal tribunal, and on further appeal, on a point of law only, a social security commissioner.
Analyses of adjudication officers' decisions are published quarterly by the Department of Social Security, under the title "Unemployment Benefit Statistics, Quarterly Analysis of Decisions of Adjudication Officers".