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Dept of Social Security

Answer

Mr. Ronnie Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many claimants who appealed to the Independent Tribunal Service had their appeal for (a) income support, (b) incapacity benefit, (c) jobseeker's allowance and (d) disability living allowance, (i) turned down and (ii) accepted in the two most recent years for which figures are available. [29227] Mr. Keith Bradley: The information is not available in the form requested. Such information as is available is in the tables. Outcome of income support, incapacity benefit, jobseekers allowance and disability living allowance appeals cleared at Social Security Appeal Tribunals (SSATs) in the Independent Tribunal Service (ITS), for the calendar year 1995 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Hearing (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) All heard and Heard and Heard and Non-hearing All cases that Total appeals decided cases decided in the decided against other outcomes failed cleared appellant's the appellant favour Income Support 40,597 16,708 23,889 14,781 38,670 55,378 Incapacity Benefit 3,973 1,820 2,153 1,078 3,231 5,051 UB 10,746 5,104 5,642 2,964 8,606 13,710 Disability Living 232 97 135 40 175 272 Allowance{1} _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Only a very small number of Disability Living Allowance appeals are heard by SSATs. The vast majority are heard by Disability Appeal Tribunals (DATs) for which limited data are available from ITS. Source: DSS Analytical Services Division. Outcome of income support, incapacity benefit, jobseeker's allowance and disability living allowance appeals cleared at Social Security Appeals Tribunals (SSATs) in the Independent Tribunal Service (ITS), for the calendar year 1996 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Hearing (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) All heard and Heard and Heard and Non-hearing All cases that Total appeals decided cases decided in the decided against other outcomes failed cleared appellant's the appellant favour Income support 34,851 11,012 23,839 12,250 36,089 47,101 Incapacity Benefit 51,167 22,570 28,597 6,718 35,315 57,885 UB/Jobseeker's 9,450 3,947 5,503 2,169 7,642 11,619 Allowance{1} Disability Living 240 97 143 41 184 281 Allowance{2} _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Jobseeker's allowance was introduced in October 1996. {2} Only a very small number of Disability Living Allowance appeals are heard by SSATs. The vast majority are heard by DATs for which limited data are available from ITS. Source: DSS Analytical Services Division.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

29227; 308 c774-6W

Session

1997-98

Subjects

Disability living allowance Jobseeker's allowance Income support Incapacity benefit Recipients Social security benefits Independent Tribunal Service

Contains statistics

Yes