§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many invalidity benefit awards have been(a) reviewed, (b) disallowed following review and (c) reinstated on appeal in each of the last 12 months in the Doncaster and Mexborough area of the Benefits Agency. [28262]
§ Mr. HagueThis 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:
The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about Invalidity Benefit (IVB) awards in Doncaster and Mexborough in each of the last 12 months. As you may know, Incapacity Benefit (IB) replaced IVB on 13 April 1995.The Benefits Agency's (BA) Doncaster District has offices on two sites at Castle House and St Peters House. Unfortunately, statistics of IVB decisions reviewed, and IVB decisions disallowed on review at Doncaster District are not available for the period June 1994 to September 1994 because they have been destroyed.Mexborough BO is part of the BA'S Rother and Dearne District which comprises offices at Rotherham, Goldthorpe, Mexborough and Rotherham North. Reviews of IVB/IB cases for customers of Mexborough BO are dealt with at that office.The available information is provided in the table at Appendix 1.I hope you find this reply helpful.93W
Appendix 1 Month IVB/IB awards applications for review/awards reviewed IVB/IB awards disallowed following review IVB/IB awards reinstated on appeal June 1994 Doncaster DO 1— 1— 24 Mexborough BO 49 30 14 July 1994 Doncaster DO 1— 1— 17 Mexborough BO 28 22 7 August 1994 Doncaster DO 1— 1— 21 Mexborough BO 42 23 9 September 1994 Doncaster DO 1— 1— 26 Mexborough BO 49 43 7 October 1994 Doncaster DO 107 67 31 Mexborough BO 25 11 5 November 1994 Doncaster DO 124 89 28 Mexborough BO 37 22 6
Appendix 1 Month IVB/IB awards applications for review/awards reviewed IVB/IB awards disallowed following review IVB/IB awards reinstated on appeal December 1994 Doncaster DO 75 54 23 Mexborough BO 18 4 2 January 1995 Doncaster DO 161 127 14 Mexborough BO 37 16 0 February 1995 Doncaster DO 93 68 22 Mexborough BO 45 19 0 March 1995 Doncaster DO 177 125 8 Mexborough BO 40 18 0 April 1995 Doncaster DO 36 26 1 Mexborough BO 7 0 0 May 1995 Doncaster DO 4 2 0 Mexborough BO 3 3 0 1 Records not available.