Written question asked by Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru) on Monday, 19 March 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 5 April 2001. It was answered by Hugh Bayley (Labour) on Thursday, 5 April 2001 on behalf of the Department of Social Security.

Dept of Social Security

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many requests for (a) revisions and (b) supersessions were received in each month since November 1999. - Table given.

Answer: Mr. Wigley: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many requests for (a) revisions and (b) supersessions were received in each month since November 1999. [154838] Mr. Bayley: The information is in the table. Disability Living Allowance requests for reconsiderations{ 1} and supersessions received in each month since November 1999 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Month Reconsiderations Supersessions November 1999 16,012 12,760 December 1999 10,419 8,056 January 2000 6,691 3,091 February 2000 6,201 14,148 March 2000 7,886 15,518 April 2000 6,361 11,759 May 2000 8,433 14,713 June 2000 9,346 14,284 July 2000 10,924 14,357 August 2000 10,812 12,691 September 2000 8,830 12,148 October 2000 9,634 13,359 November 2000 9,454 13,662 December 2000 6,198 8,330 January 2001 8,925 14,508 February 2001 8,566 13,938 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Reconsiderations are revisions under the new system of decision making and appeals which was introduced in October 1999 Source: DSS Information Centre: 100 per cent. data

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 154838; 366 c261W;366 c260-1W
Session: 2000-01
Subjects: Disability Disability living allowance Appeals Applications Eligibility Social security benefits
Contains statistics: Yes
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