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Dept for Work and Pensions

Answer

Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many appeals relating to bereavement (a) allowance and (b) payments have been made in each month since the allowance was introduced; how many such appeals were in respect of claims made outside the time limit; and how many such appeals were successful. [88469] Malcolm Wicks: The available information is in the table. Information in the format requested could be obtained only by a clerical examination of all cases which would incur disproportionate cost. Appeals found in favour of the appellant at hearing for bereavement and widows benefits1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Received by the Appeals Service Cleared at hearing2 Found in favour April 2001 55 50 10 May 2001 60 60 15 June 2001 70 50 5 July 2001 55 45 5 August 2001 75 40 5 September 2001 75 40 5 October 2001 85 65 5 November 2001 60 50 5 December 2001 45 35 0 January 2002 70 40 5 February 2002 70 55 10 March 2002 60 45 10 April 2002 70 45 5 May 2002 90 55 10 June 2002 65 25 5 July 2002 90 65 10 August 2002 75 60 10 September 2002 65 45 5 October 2002 90 45 10 November 2002 115 55 10 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. All figures are subject to change as more up to date data becomes available. 2. Some appeals will be cleared without a hearing by an appeal tribunal. 3. Figures are rounded to the nearest five. 4. Figures are for all "bereavement/widow's benefits" and cannot be split into various components. Therefore figures will include Widow's Benefit appeals. Source: 100 per cent download of the Generic Appeals Processing System.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

88469; 402 c290-1W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Appeals Administrative delays Bereavement benefits Bereavement payment Bereavement allowance

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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