HC Deb 29 January 2003 vol 398 c936W
Mr. Paul Burstow

To 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 Eagle

Such 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.