§ Mr. Alan HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many claims for invalidity benefit and disability premium were disallowed in each quarter since mid-1993; how many appeals against refusal of such benefits were successful and how many unsuccessful; and what the comparable quarterly figures were for the previous two years.
§ Mr. HagueInformation is not available in the form requested, and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Such information as is available is in the tables.
Benefits for incapacity: disallowances following reference to the Benefits Agency medical service1 Quarter ending Disallowances2 30 June 1993 15,000 30 September 1993 21,000 31 December 1993 18,000 1 Includes sickness benefit, invalidity benefit, severe disablement allowance, and people claiming these benefits but receiving only national insurance credits with or without income support. 2 Based on a 5 per cent. sample of cases referred to the Benefits Agency Medical Service, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Appeals decided by social security appeal tribunals: invalidity benefit Quarter ending Appeals head and decided Successful Unsuccessful 30 September 1991 1,107 570 537 31 December 1991 1,240 622 618 31 March 1992 1,474 748 726 30 June 1992 1,311 681 630 30 September 1992 1,236 670 566 31 December 1992 1,367 757 610 31 March 1993 1,436 782 654 30 June 1993 1,800 931 869 30 September 1993 2,961 1,628 1,333 31 December 1993 3,225 1,865 1,360