§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table in theOfficial Report to show for each year since the present system came into operation and the current year to date how many times the social fund commissioner has referred appeals back to the local office and in how many of such cases of referral in each year the local office refused to pay.
§ Mr. Hanley[holding answer 4 December 1990]: The readily available information is as follows:
Social Fund Review Applications 1988–89 1989–90 21990 Cases referred back by Social Fund Inspectors to Social Fund Officers for redetermination 81 595 395 Cases in which no payment was made as a result of redetermination 1— 208 208 1Not available 2April-October