§ Mr. LoydenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish a table showing the number of appeals heard by social security appeal tribunals and the number decided in the claimant's favour, the number decided in favour of the adjudication officer and the number adjourned in each quarter from the third quarter of 1988.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardThe latest national administrative statistics available on social security appeal tribunals relate to appeals heard in the first quarter of 1989. Information is provided in the table for the quarter ending September 1988, December 1988 and March 1989.
Social security appeal tribunals Great Britain Quarter ending: 30 September 1988 31 December 1988 31 March 1989 Appeals heard and decided 47,318 30,978 25,370 Decided in favour of claimant 14,492 9,684 8,411 Decided in favour of Adjudication Officer 32,826 21,826 16,959 Adjournments 10,470 7,270 6,368