HC Deb 07 April 2000 vol 347 cc627-8W
Ms Walley

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list for each region the number of(a) outstanding claims for Disability Living Allowance and (b) staff employed at each medical centre; and how many applicants he estimates will not have their claim resolved before the expiry date of their existing entitlement. [117592]

Mr. Bayley

The information is in the tables.

Outstanding claims for Disability Living Allowance for each Disability Benefit Centre and the Central Disability Benefits Unit at Blackpool
Location New claims outstanding Renewal claims outstanding
Edinburgh 3,178 43
Newcastle 4,020 67
Leeds 6,156 57
Manchester 3,387 34

Mr. Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate the number of cases of(a) confirmed fraud, (b) high suspicion fraud and (c) low suspicion fraud for each benefit his Department administers in each of the last five years. [118206]

Mr. Rooker

The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is contained in the following reports, copies of which are available in the Library.

Outstanding claims for Disability Living Allowance for each Disability Benefit Centre and the Central Disability Benefits Unit at Blackpool
Location New claims outstanding Renewal claims outstanding
Bootle 4,637 45
Midlands 13,749 179
Bristol 5,103 148
Wales 3,513 59
Wembley 10,128 83
Sutton 10,060 228
Glasgow 3,793 76
Disability Benefits Unit 46 45,319
Total 67,770 46,338

Notes:

  1. 1. Figures are given for both new claims and renewal claims outstanding at 31 March 2000
  2. 2. At 31 March 2000 there were 2,903 applicants whose renewal claim had not been resolved by the date that their existing entitlement expired

Breakdown of the number of staff employed in each centre
Location Number of staff
Newcastle 67
Leeds 95
Edinburgh 58
Glasgow 67
Bootle 80
Manchester 71
Warbreck 16
Birmingham 63
Bristol 76
Wales 95
Wembley 107
Sutton 84
Nottingham 74

Note:

SEMA are contracted by the DSS to provide medical services

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