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Mr. Rowlands: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what estimate he has made of the number of people who have suffered a reduction in the reduced earnings allowance with the introduction of the retirement allowance in (a) the benefit offices covering Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, (b) Wales and (c) the United Kingdom. [37873]
Mr. Roger Evans: The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is as follows.
As at 1 April 1995 there were approximately 985 people receiving retirement allowance in Wales and 10,700 in Great Britain. In order to assess those who will be transferred to retirement allowance under the amended legislation which came into force on 24 March, the Benefits Agency has identified all remaining reduced earnings allowance recipients who are over pensionable age. About 350 such recipients were identified within the area administered by the Eastern Valleys district, about 1,900 in Wales and about 20,000 in Great Britain.
Mr. Rowlands:
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list all decisions relating to (a) the special hardship allowance and (b) the reduced earnings allowance by the hearings of (a) the commission, (b) the tribunal and (c) the divisional court. [37874]
Mr. Evans:
The information is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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Mr. Robert Ainsworth:
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many appeals have been lodged against a disallowance of incapacity benefit in the Coventry benefits district in each quarter since April 1995; how many of these have been from (a) new incapacity benefit claimants and (b) former claimants of invalidity benefit; in each case, how many appeals have been (i) disallowed, (ii) superseded and (iii) found in the claimant's favour; and how many are outstanding. [37853]
Mr. Burt:
The administration of incapacity benefit is a matter for Peter Mathison, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Peter Mathison to Mr. Robert Ainsworth, dated 23 July 1996:
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Notes:
Number of cases include both customer's formerly in receipt of IVB and customer's claiming IB on or after 13 April 1995, a breakdown of the two is not available.
Number of cases outstanding is a cumulative figure at the end of each quarter
Data are provisional and subject to amendment.
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Mr. Burt:
The administration of incapacity benefit is a matter for Peter Mathison, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Peter Mathison to Mr. Robert Ainsworth, dated 23 July 1996:
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Mr. Burt:
The administration of incapacity benefit is a matter for Peter Mathison, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Peter Mathison to Mr. Robert Ainsworth, dated 23 July 1996:
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Notes:
Number of cases include both customer's formerly in receipt of IVB and customer's claiming IB on or after 13 April 1995, a breakdown of the two is not available.
Source: 100 per cent. count of cases held on the IB system and does exclude a small number of clerically processed cases.
The number of credits only cases disallowed is not available broken down into the three categories of disallowance only a total figure is available.
Data are provisional and subject to amendment.
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(3) how many people are currently receiving incapacity benefits in Coventry benefits district; and how many of these were formerly in receipt of invalidity benefit; [39708]
(4) how many people who have been disallowed incapacity benefits in the Coventry benefits district in each quarter since April 1995 are (a) currently signing on as unemployed, (b) claiming unemployment benefits and (c) have started work. [39706]
Mr. Burt:
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the chief executive of the Benefits Agency, Peter Mathison, on 23 July 1996.
Mr. Cousins:
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish a breakdown by age, sex and region of those claiming benefit due to medical incapacity on 1 April 1989 and on subsequent 1 Aprils
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distinguishing between those only receiving national insurance credits and those claiming direct payments of incapacity benefit. [38155]
Mr. Burt:
The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available has been placed in the Library.
The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to reply to your recent Parliament Question asking how many appeals have been lodged against a disallowance of Incapacity Benefit (IB) in the Coventry benefits district in each quarter since April 1995; how many of these have been from (a) new IB claimants and (b) former claimants of Invalidity Benefit (IVB); in each case, how many appeals have been (i) disallowed, (ii) superseded and (iii) found in the claimant's favour; and how many are outstanding.
The information is not available in the format requested. Statistics are kept for disallowances relating to the all Work Test only. A breakdown of customers formerly in receipt of IVB and customers claiming IB on or after 13 April 1995 is not available as such statistics are not kept.
Such information as is available is shown in the attached table.
I hope you find this reply helpful.
Quarter ending June 1995 September 1995 December 1995 March 1995
Number of appeals lodged 0 35 79 113
Number where BA decision upheld 0 0 5 22
Number of cases superseded 0 3 3 4
Number where decision in favour of appellant 0 0 17 38
Number of cases outstanding at end of each quarter 0 32 86 135
Mr. Ainsworth:
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people are currently receiving incapacity benefit in the Coventry benefits district; and how many of these were formerly in receipt of invalidity benefit. [37850]
Mr. Ainsworth:
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) how many new claims for incapacity benefit have been made in the Coventry benefits district since April 1995; how many of these were refused to the Benefits Agency medical service; and how many of these were subsequently (a) allowed and (b) disallowed by reason of (i) failing the all-work test, (ii) failing to attend the medical examination and (iii) failing to return the IB50 questionnaire; [37851]
The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many people are currently receiving Incapacity Benefit (IB) in the Coventry Benefits District; and how many of these were formerly in receipt of Invalidity Benefit (IVB).
The number of people in receipt of IB in the Coventry District, on 29 February 1996, was 10,800, of which 7,500 were formerly in receipt of IVB. This figure excludes a small number of clerically processed cases and it is provisional and subject to amendment.
I hope you find this reply helpful.
(2) how many claimants formerly in receipt of invalidity benefit in the Coventry benefits district were referred to the Benefits Agency medical service in each quarter since April 1995; and how many of these were subsequently (a) transferred to incapacity benefit and (b) disallowed by reason of (i) failing the all-work test, (ii) failing to attend the medical examination and (iii) failing to return the IB50 questionnaire. [37852]
The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Questions asking how many new claims for Incapacity Benefit (IB) have been made in the Coventry Benefits District since April 1995; how many of these were referred to the Benefits Agency Medical Service (BAMS); and how many of these were subsequently (a) allowed and (b) disallowed by reason of (i) failing the all work test, (ii) failing to attend the medical examination and (iii) failing to return the IB50 questionnaire; and how many claimants formerly in receipt of Invalidity Benefit (IVB) in the Coventry Benefits District were referred to the BAMS in each quarter since April 1995; and how many of these were subsequently (a) transferred to incapacity benefit and (b) disallowed by reason of (i) failing the all work test, (ii) failing to attend the medical examination and (iii) failing to return the IB50 questionnaire.
The information is not available in the format requested. The statistics kept do not differentiate between customers formerly in receipt of IVB and customers claiming IB on or after 13 April 1995.
The attached table gives details of the information available.
I hope you find this reply helpful.
Quarter ending June 1995 September 1995 December 1995 March 1996
1,342 1,467 1,282 1,281
Quarter ending June 1995 September 1995 December 1995 March 1996
Cases referred to BAMS 1,358 1,744 1,350 1,710
Cases allowed following BAMS referral 188 538 777 1,350
Cases disallowed IB as:
(a) failed the all work test 0 68 126 164
(b) failed to attend the medical examination 0 0 3 6
(c) failed to return the IB50 questionnaire 8 6 3 15
Credits only cases disallowed 0 6 32 77
Mr. Ainsworth:
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) how many appeals have been lodged against a disallowance of incapacity benefits in Coventry benefits district in each quarter since April 1995, how many of these have been from (a) new incapacity benefits claimants and (b) former claimants of invalidity benefits; in each case, how many appeals have been (i) disallowed, (ii) superseded and (iii) found in the claimants' favour; and how many are outstanding; [39707]
(2) how many claims for incapacity benefits have been made in the Coventry benefits district since April 1995; how many of these were referred to the Benefits Agency medical service; and how many of these were subsequently (a) allowed and (b) disallowed by reason of (i) failing the all-work test, (ii) failing to attend the medical examination and (iii) failing to return the IB50 questionnaire; [39709]
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