§ Mr. LevittTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many independent tribunal decisions to allow payments to appellants there were in the last year; and how many of these were paid to the claimant(a) within one month, (b) between one and two months and (c) after more than two months after the decision. [83067]
§ Angela EagleThe latest available statistics indicate that for the period 1 December 1997 to 30 November 1998, a total of 261,255 appeals were heard and decided. Of these, 87,986 [33.7 per cent.] were in the appellant's favour. Information is not kept about what proportion of these resulted in payments to appellants or how soon after the Independent Tribunals' decisions such payments were made.