§ Mr. BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) how many awards for benefit he has suspended under regulation 37A of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 for each year since its introduction; [20084]
(2) how many awards of benefit he has suspended under regulation 37A of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 in each year since 1990. [20086]
§ Mr. Roger EvansThe information is not available in the format requested as figures are not kept on an annual basis. Such information as is available is set out in the table.
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Provision Estimated number of cases affected Regulation 37A of the Social Security Claims and Payments Regulations 1987 52,100 Estimate relates to the number of cases affected since the regulation came into force on 9 March 1992.
§ Mr. BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many awards of benefit he has suspended pending appeals in the cases of(a) Graham and (b) Halliday, aka Fairey; in how many cases the suspension was lifted following representations by or on behalf of claimants; and if he will give a breakdown of the reasons for lifting the suspension. [20194]
§ Mr. EvansThe information is set out in the table.
Lead case Number of suspensions Number of suspensions lifted Graham 46,418 1,693 Halliday 2,796 13 Note:
In all cases the suspension was lifted on the grounds of hardship.