§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many individuals applied for benefit in respect of chronic bronchitis or emphysema by Benefits Agency area directorate for the year 1994–95; how many
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Appendix A September 1993–October 1994 Area Claims Successful Failed (20 year rule) Per cent. Scotland and Northern Territorial Directorate AD1 Tyne Tees 7,142 583 148 2 AD2 South Yorkshire and Humberside 6,521 773 171 3 AD3 North and West Yorkshire 2,676 420 90 3 AD4 Glasgow 242 8 20 8 AD5 North, Central and West Scotland 1,895 60 93 5 AD6 East Scotland 2,394 94 86 4 Wales and Central Territorial Directorate AD1 East Midlands 5,685 611 135 2 AD2 Midlands South West 652 55 29 4 AD3 West Mercia 3,668 381 217 6 AD4 Wales 9,388 1,316 616 7 AD5 Merseyside 501 49 25 5 AD6 Greater Manchester 328 31 15 5 AD7 Lancashire and Cumbria 2,270 147 148 7 Southern Territorial Directorate AD1 Anglia 25 3 5 20 AD2 Chilterns 22 4 6 27 AD3 South London and West Sussex 0 0 0 0 AD4 West Country 144 3 11 8 AD5 East London and Essex 0 0 0 0 of those claims have been successful; how many of the claims were refused on the basis of (a) insufficient lung function loss; (b) insufficient length of service and (c) non-diagnosis of class 1 pneumoconiosis; and what were the percentages of those whose claims were refused by each directorate. [28261]
§ Mr.HagueThe administration of industrial injuries disablement benefit is a matter for Mr. Ian Magee, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member with such information as is available.
Letter from Ian Magee to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 15 June 1995:
95WThe Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about claims made for chronic bronchitis and emphysema in each Benefits Agency (BA) area directorate in 1994–95.Information about the number of claims, their success rate and the number disallowed for various reasons is not available in the exact format requested. This is because figures for the number of claims made in the 6 months since the end of the initial 12 month take-on period, September 1993–October 1994, have been collected separately and in a slightly different format. This is because during the take-on period some claim details were collected by the BA's Disability Benefit Centres for ease of reference.The available information is shown at Appendices A, B and C. Appendix A outlines the numbers of claims made, those successful and the numbers and percentage refused on the basis of insufficient length of service ie 20 year rule. This information was collated at Area Directorate (AD) level and covers the period from September 1993–October 1994. Appendix B outlines the numbers and percentages of claims disallowed as a result of insufficient lung function loss and non-diagnosis of Class 1 pneumoconiosis. This information was collated by the Disability Benefit Centres.Since October 1994, information on the number of customers who did not meet the criteria for lung function loss and category 1 pneumoconiosis has been collated by the AD's. Appendix C details information about the number of claims made, those successful and the claims disallowed as a result of the three categories. This information covers the 6 month period October 1994 to March 1995, the end of the 94/95 statistical year.I hope you find this reply helpful.
Appendix A September 1993–October 1994 Area Claims Successful Failed (20 year rule) Per cent. AD6 South East 470 32 35 7 AD7 Wessex 0 0 0 0 All tables include claims received but not decided within the period.
Source: 100 per cent. Count and subject to amendment.
Appendix B September 1993–October 1994: Claims disallowed due to insufficient lung function loss or less than category 1 pneumoconiosis—by disability benefit centre DBC Failed lung test Per cent. Less than category 1 Per cent. Edinburgh 1,296 49 1,113 42 Glasgow 855 48 754 43 Leeds 6,551 50 3,957 30 Leeds (Appeals) 780 40 1,161 59 Llanishen 2,142 49 1,358 31 Manchester 1,187 48 900 36 Euston 221 46 204 42 Stoke 1,926 51 2,250 60 Newcastle 3,965 53 2,598 35
Appendix C: October 1994–March 1995 Area Claims Success 20 year rule Fail (reason) Lung test Pneumo. category Scotland and Northern Territorial Directorate ADI Tyne Tees 185 31 5 81 65 AD2 South Yorkshire and Humberside 214 33 9 127 95 AD3 North and West Yorkshire 121 21 9 59 23 AD4 Glasgow 5 0 1 9 10 AD5 North, Central and West Scotland 24 1 6 20 10 AD6 East Scotland 29 2 1 20 24 Wales and Central Territorial Directorate AD1 East Midlands 223 53 11 109 96 AD2 Midlands and South West 8 1 3 0 4 AD3 West Mercia 100 9 11 55 35 AD4 Wales 387 92 54 332 206 AD5 Merseyside 14 0 6 9 7 AD6 Greater Manchester 14 1 0 2 0 AD7 Lancashire and Cumbria 53 6 13 37 18 Southern Territorial Directorate AD1 Anglia 0 0 1 0 2 AD2 Chilterns 0 0 0 0 1 AD3 South London and West Sussex 0 0 0 0 0 AD4 West Country 8 3 1 4 3 AD5 East London and Essex 42 0 3 1 0 AD6 South East 17 1 4 15 8 AD7 Wessex 0 0 0 0 0 All tables include claims received but not decided within the period. Similarly some claims received in the earlier period will have been decided later. For this reason percentages of unsuccessful claims are not included as they would be misleading.