§ John ThursoTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many attendance allowance claims in Scotland(a) were subject to appeal between February 2002 and February 2003, broken down by (i) disability benefit 1017W centre and (ii) quarter and (b) have been subject to appeal since February 2003, broken down by month. [176762]
Attendance allowance appeals for Scotland received at the Appeals Service (tAS) by office, for February 2002–03 Originating office Number of received appeals at tAS Edinburgh DBC 390 Glasgow DBC 890 Disability Benefits Unit 85 Total 1,365
Attendance allowance appeals for Scotland received at tAS by office and quarter, for February 2002–03 Quarter 1( March—ay 2002) Quarter 2( June—ugust 2002) Originating office Appeals AA claims (Thousand) Appeals/claims (Percentage) Appeals AA claims (Thousand) Appeals/claims (Percentage) Edinburgh DBC 120 56.8 0.2 110 57.4 0.2 Glasgow DBC 230 48.0 0.5 190 48.6 0.4 Disability Benefits Unit 30 — — 35 — — Total 380 104.8 — 335 106.0 —
Quarter 3(September—November 2002) Quarter 4(December 2002—ebruary 2003) Originating office Appeals AA claims (Thousand) Appeals/claims (Percentage) Appeals AA claims (Thousand) Appeals/claims (Percentage) Edinburgh DBC 80 58.8 0.1 35 58.8 0.1 Glasgow DBC 180 50.4 0.4 190 50.9 0.4 Disability Benefits Unit 10 — — 15 — — Total 270 109.2 — 240 109.7 — Note: In the above period the Disability Benefits Unit processed the specified number of appeals on behalf of claims originating in Scotland.
Attendance allowance appeals for Scotland received at tAS by month, from February 2003 to April 2004 Month Number February 2003 70 March 2003 75 April 2003 60 May 2003 55 June 2003 140 July 2003 95 August 2003 90 September 2003 100 October 2003 115 November 2003 120 December 2003 90 January 2004 115 February 2004 100 March 2004 105 April 2004 60 Total 1,390 Source: IAD information centre. 100 per cent. download of the Generic Appeals Processing System.