Written question asked by Lord Cryer (Labour) on Thursday, 15 April 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 22 April 1999. It was answered by Angela Eagle (Labour) on Thursday, 22 April 1999 on behalf of the Department of Social Security.

Dept of Social Security

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many claimants are awaiting the determination of appeals against loss of reduced earnings allowance. - Including figures.

Answer: Mr. John Cryer: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many claimants are awaiting the determination of appeals against loss of reduced earnings allowance. [81427] Angela Eagle: The information is not available in the format requested as the Independent Tribunal Service (ITS) do not record the reason for appeals against different benefit types. Such information as is available is as follows. The latest available figures show that as at October 1998, the total number of appeals involving Reduced Earnings Allowance awaiting hearing was 2,618. Source: 100 per cent. computer extract from the ITS Generic Appeals Processing System (GAPS).

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 81427; 329 c639W
Session: 1998-99
Subjects: Appeals Administrative delays Reduced earnings allowance Social security benefits Independent Tribunal Service
Contains statistics: Yes