Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 15 November 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many decisions to reject applications for incapacity benefit based on medical examinations were overturned on appeal in (a) Wansbeck constituency, (b) Northumberland and (c) the UK in the last 12 months.
Please note the information requested is not available at a constituency level. Between October 2009 and September 2010 there have been:
(b) 240 incapacity benefit (IB) appeals that have found in favour of the appellant in the Northumberland unitary authority and;
(c) 14,600 IB appeals that have found in favour of the appellant in the UK.
All figures are rounded to the nearest 10. This information is taken from benefit claims data held by the Department for Work and Pensions and appeals data sourced from the Tribunals Service covering appeals heard up to September 2010.
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