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Dept for Work and Pensions;Social Security Benefits Agency

Answer

Mr. Chope: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many appeals against decisions on attendance allowance have been made in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available; and how many (a) have been allowed, (b) have been dismissed and (c) are awaiting a decision in each of the last four years. [11385] Maria Eagle: This is a matter for Alexis Cleveland, chief executive of the Benefits Agency. She will write to the hon. Member. Letter from Alexis Cleveland to Mr. Christopher Chope, dated 6 November 2001: The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has asked me to respond to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many appeals against decisions on attendance allowance have been made in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available; and how many have been (a) allowed (b) dismissed and (c) are awaiting a decision. The information is in the attached table. I hope this is helpful. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Month AA appeals Allowed appeals (a) Dismissed appeals Outstanding appeals Total number of registered (b) (c) cleared cases (d) October 2000 1,434 386 3 3,116 1,271 November 2000 1,545 502 6 2,284 1,539 December 2000 1,023 425 6 1,958 1,246 January 2001 1,311 613 8 1,698 2,008 February 2001 1,330 636 4 1,672 1,770 March 2001 1,442 642 5 1,649 1,688 April 2001 1,317 431 1 1,799 1,227 May 2001 1,212 448 3 1,646 1,237 June 2001 1,263 430 3 1,475 1,210 July 2001 1,331 431 3 1,447 1,266 August 2001 1,261 397 3 1,516 1,142 September 2001 1,129 338 5 1,676 1,078 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. (a) Allowed appeals include allowed or increased appeals. (d) Dismissed appeals include cases where entitlement is reduced or disallowed on appeal. (c) Outstanding appeals include all cases sent to the Tribunal awaiting a decision. (d) The total number of cleared cases column includes allowed, dismissed, maintained and various other outcomes that are not appropriate to the stated categories. It is not possible, from overall statistics to track individual claims through the subsequent stages.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

11385; 374 c313-4W;374 c313W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Appeals Attendance allowance Social security benefits

Link

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