§ Mr. WebbTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what plans he has to prevent sellers of stakeholder pensions from declining to make their products available to certain categories of employees. [109841]
§ Mr. RookerStakeholder pension schemes set up under a trust will be able to restrict membership
Number of appeals heard by the Independent Tribunal Service/Appeals Service during the period 1 May 1998 to 30 April 1999 and the number of those appeals which decided in the appellant's favour Period Number of appeals heard and decided Decided in appellant"a favour Proportion of successful appeals (%) 1 May 1998 to 30 April 1999 276,074 96,450 34.9 Source:
100 per cent. download of the Appeals Service Generic Appeals Processing System (GZPS).
The limited information available for the period 1 May 1997 to 30 April 1998 is included in the following table.
Period Number of appeals heard and decided Decided in appellant"a favour Proportion of successful appeals (%) 1 May 1997 to 30 April 19981 97,620 30,985 31.7 1 July 1997 to 31 December 19972 59,044 18,787 31.8 1 Information obtained from GAPS system introduced at the end of 1997. Some cases processed before GAPS became operational, and not recorded on other systems, were input to GAPS. 2This information has been obtained from clerically maintained quarterly statistical reports of Social Security Appeals Tribunals that were kept until the introduction of the GAPS system. Information about the amount of benefit arrears paid following appeals that found in favour of appellants is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.