HC Deb 21 October 1993 vol 230 cc314-5W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list, by region of origin, the number of outstanding clinical grading appeals at(a) district, (b) regional and (c) national level.

Mr. Sackville

Of the 20,000 appeals outstanding in March 1993 there are now just over 6,000 outstanding. The details requested are shown in the table.

Outstanding clinical grading appeals:1situation as at 30 September 1993
Region Employing authority level Regional level National level Total
North Western n/a n/a n/a 956
Mersey n/a n/a n/a 890
West Midlands n/a n/a n/a 711
Trent n/a n/a n/a 691
South Western 0 525 102 627
North West Thames 46 464 27 537
Yorkshire 31 272 79 382
North East Thames 20 280 22 322
Wessex 0 197 70 267
South West Thames 0 0 210 210
South East Thames 0 161 40 201
Oxford 0 10 158 168
East Anglian 0 82 80 162
Northern 2 121 34 157
Total 6,281
1 The table has been put together based on information supplied by Regional Health Authorities.