HC Deb 06 March 1997 vol 291 cc718-9W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what assessment he has made of the effect the Social Security (Adjudication) and Child Support Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1996 on the number of oral hearings held by social security appeal tribunals, disability appeal tribunals and child support appeal tribunals; and what information he has collated on the effect they have already had. [18373]

Mr. Roger Evans

An evaluation of the impact of the Social Security (Adjudication) and Child Support Amendment (No. 2) Regulations which came in to force on 21 October 1996 will be carried out over the first year of operation. Information is being collected and we expect to have interim results approximately six months after implementation.