§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many applications for Attendance Allowance have been received in each quarter of the last three years; and of those how many were(a) successful, (b) unsuccessful, (c) subject to appeal and (d) successful at appeal. [136806]
§ Mr. BayleyThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the tables.
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Attendance Allowance claims Decided1 Quarter ending Received Successful Unsuccessful June 1997 115,334 76,484 32,119 September 1997 101,077 75,948 31,640 December 1997 98,112 69,741 27,448 March 1998 97,727 73,995 25,600
Attendance Allowance claims Decided 1 Quarter ending Received Successful Unsuccessful June 1998 102,246 71,762 26,471 September 1998 104,411 74,384 25,440 December 1998 98,680 71,212 25,490 March 1999 108,677 75,196 26,858 June 1999 101,702 73,844 27,099 September 1999 98,377 73,132 26,725 December 1999 90,158 58,795 19,729 March 2000 104,929 75,676 23,262 1 Figures include claims received before the quarter Source:
DSS Information Centre: 100 per cent. data
Attendance Allowance review and appeal decisions1 Review decisions2 Appeal decisions Quarter ending Total Successful3 Total Successful4 June 1997 26,541 15,593 1,207 725 September 1997 31,497 17,561 1,399 804 December 1997 29,922 16,939 1,360 770 March 1998 29,267 16,892 1,696 894 June 1998 24,415 13,811 1,651 873 September 1998 24,716 13,725 1,697 833 December 1998 24,122 13,571 1,494 782 March 1999 26,052 14,431 1,546 772 June 1999 23,310 12,676 1,697 796 September 1999 26,284 14,004 1,566 729 December 1999 17,895 8,722 1,257 602 March 2000 22,143 12,779 1,261 557 1 Figures include claims received before the quarter. 2 Figures include supersessions and reconsiderations from October 1999. 3 Figures relate to previously unsuccessful claims where benefit is awarded, and to awards which are increased in value. 4 Figures relate to previously unsuccessful review decisions where benefit is awarded or where the value of the award is increased. Source:
DSS Information Centre: 100 per cent. data.