§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Attorney-General what is the average delay between a social security commissioner's oral hearing and notification of the decision to the claimant; and how much of this is ascribed to administrative delay.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe average waiting time between the oral hearing by a commissioner and the dispatch of the decision to the parties for the quarter ending September 1991 was 23 days, of which it is estimated that the time taken in processing decisions by administrative staff was 16 days.