§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what percentage of appeals in social security appeal tribunals have been upheld under the new flexible tribunal pilot scheme; and what is the average percentage under the traditional tribunal of three persons. [79341]
§ Angela EagleThe most recent figures available, for the period 1 December 1998 to 31 January 1999, indicate that in Social Security appeal tribunal hearings, constituted under the new flexible tribunal arrangements, the proportion of appeals upheld (that is, decided in favour of the appellant) was 30.07 per cent. During the same period the proportion of appeals upheld by three-person Social Security appeal tribunals was 27.36 per cent., a figure close to the half-yearly average of 28.36 per cent.