§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many appeals there were against invalidity benefit being removed in the Doncaster area in the last 12 months; and what was the figure for the previous 12 months.
§ Mr. ScottThis is a matter for Mr. Michael Bichard, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member with such information as is available.
Letter from M. Bichard to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 28 March 1994:
The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about appeals against removal of Invalidity Benefit (IVB) in Doncaster.The information is not available in the exact format requested. This is because Benefit Agency District boundaries do not correspond with county or borough boundaries. Part of the Doncaster postal area falls within that covered by the Mexborough Branch Office of the Agency's Rother and Deame District.The Agency's Doncaster District, comprising Doncaster West District Office and Doncaster East Branch Office deals with the remainder of the Doncaster postal area.Statistics are maintained to show the number of appeals received at each office. Within these figures it is possible to identify the number of appeals against removal of IVB.The number of appeals received at each office against removal of IVB received for people in the Doncaster area were as follows:
Number Doncaster West District Office from 1 April 1992 to 31 March 1993 34 Doncaster East Branch Office from 1 August 1992 to 31 March 1993 41 Mexborough Branch Office from 23 March 1992 to 22 March 1993 24 Information is required to be kept for 18 months and is not available for Doncaster East Branch Office between 1 April 1992 and 31 July 1992.
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Number Doncaster West District Office from 1 April 1993 to 22 March 1994 172 Doncaster East Branch Office from 1 April 1993 to 22 March 1994 167 Mexborough Branch Office from 23 March 1993 to 22 March 1994 68 The information for Mexborough only includes those people resident in the Doncaster postal district.
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