§ Mr. Paul BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will set out for each quarter from September 2000(a) how many applications for attendance allowance have been received, and of those how many were (i) successful, (ii) unsuccessful, (iii) subject to appeal and (iv) successful at appeal, (b) what the average processing time has been for attendance allowance for (i) first-time claims and (ii) appeals for claims to be reconsidered, (c) how many applications for attendance allowance have (i) been subject to reconsideration and (ii) successful at reconsideration, and what was the average number of days taken to process appeals, and (d) how many (i) claims, (ii) reviews, (iii) reconsiderations and (iv) appeals there were on which a decision had not been reached at the end of each quarter of the last three years. [89826]
§ Maria EagleSuch information as can reliably be made available is contained in the table. Information is not available on claims, reviews, reconsiderations and appeals on which a decision had not been reached (part(d) of the question).
Source:
Information supplied by MIS Support (FPMT) Norcross Data from National Management Information Pack
Number of attendance allowance reconsiderations each quarter from September 2000 Decisions Successful September-November 2000 7,955 3,465 December 2000-February 2001 6,050 2,480 March-May 2001 5,900 2,435 June-August 2001 5,930 2,425 September-November 2001 5,495 2,140 December 2001-February 2002 5,575 2,390 March-May 2002 5,325 2,265 June-August 2002 5,495 2,420 September-November 2002 6,120 2,710 Source:
IAD Information Centre 100 per cent data taken from 100 per cent extract of monthly management information system and rounded to the nearest 5.