§ Mr. MahmoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many cases lodged before the Medical Appeals Tribunal in 2002–03 concerned occupational deafness; and how many were successful.[143458]
§ Maria EagleThis is a matter for Christina Townsend Chief Executive of the Appeals Service. She will reply to the hon. Member.
Letter from Christina Townsend to Mr. Mahmood, dated 16 December 2003:
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question regarding the number of cases lodged before Medical Appeal Tribunals in 2002–03 concerning occupational deafness.
Appeals tribunals succeeded Medical Appeal Tribunals in 1999. The attached table shows the number of appeals lodged, those cleared at hearing and the number found in favour of the appellant. I hope this reply is helpful.
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Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) appeals due to Occupational Deafness in the period 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003 Lodged Cleared at hearing Found in favour of the appellant All Appeals 242,510 178,350 80,815 All IIDB appeals 18,355 15,860 6,140 IIDB occupational deafness appeals 395 355 70 Notes:
All figures are subject to change as more up to date data becomes available. Figures are rounded to the nearest five.
Source:
IAD Information Centre, 100 per cent. sample.
Child Maintenance paid to parents with care who are in receipt of Income Support/Jobseeker's Allowance (IB) and Working Families Tax Credit: 1 March 2000 to 28 February 2003 Total Maintenance paid Maintenance paid to IS/JSA(IB) PWCs Maintenance paid to WFTC PWCs £million £ million Percentage £ million Percentage 1 Mar 2000 to 28 February 2001 480.1 142.0 29.6 154.0 32.1 1 Mar 2001 to 28 February 2002 514.2 137.8 26.8 180.3 35.1 1 March 2002 to 28 February 2003 554.9 137.7 24.8 205.3 37.0 Notes:
1. Figures are for full maintenance assessments only.
2. Figures produced using 5 per cent. scan of Child Support Computer System (CSCS).
3. Figures are based on a 5 per cent. sample and therefore may be subject to sampling variation.
4. Maintenance paid is in millions and is rounded to the nearest hundred thousand.