§ Mr. McGradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many invalidity benefit awards for people in the constituency of South Down have been(a) reviewed, (b) disallowed and (c) reinstated on appeal in each of the last 12 months.
§ Mr. AncramResponsibility for the subject in question has been delegated to the Social Security Agency under its chief executive, Mr. Alec Wylie. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from A. Wylie to Mr. Eddie McGrady, dated 6 May 1994:
I have been asked to reply to your recent parliamentary question on the number of Invalidity Benefit awards that have been reviewed, disallowed and reinstated on appeal in each of the last 12 months within your constituency.I am sorry that the information you have requested cannot be provided for your constituency as Invalidity Benefit is 47W administered centrally for the whole of Northern Ireland and separate statistics are not maintained for specific areas. However,I have provided in the table below details of the total number of Invalidity Benefit claims in Northern Ireland which have been reviewed, disallowed and reinstated on appeal during the 1993–94 financial year, which I hope you will find helpful.
Month Reviewed Disallowed Re-instated on appeal April 1993 109 406 59 May 1993 122 483 60 June 1993 150 657 93 July 1993 122 692 74 August 1993 123 844 74 September 1993 108 840 103 October 1993 151 970 125 November 1993 103 395 127 December 1993 169 316 127 January 1994 274 374 138 February 1994 247 312 Not yet available March 1994 280 386 Not yet available