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Decisions made by public officials very often involve the use of discretionary powers but the people on the receiving end of the decisions are not, of course, always satisfied with the way those po...wers are used. They may feel that the decisions are unfair or unreasonable or that as borderline cases they deserve special consideration. For grievances of this kind there is sometimes a right of appeal to a tribunal where the original administrative decision is re-examined and possibly revised. This is the case, for example, with supplementary benefit. In 1978 about sixty thousand appeals (from the three million or so claimants) were heard by Supplementary Benefit Appeal Tribunals - bodies independent of the local offices which make the original decisions about claims. In this programme Mrs Ann Thomas appeals to a Wolverhampton Tribunal against a decision to to allow a special allowance for her diabetic diet. She is represented by a welfare rights advocate, and the programme concludes with the tribunal panel discussing the case and arriving at a decision.
Decisions made by public officials very often involve the use of discretionary powers but the people on the receiving end of the decisions are not, of course, always satisfied with the way those po...wers are used. They may feel that the decisions are unfair or unreasonable or that as borderline cases they deserve special consideration. For grievances of this kind there is sometimes a right of appeal to a tribunal where the original administrative decision is re-examined and possibly revised. This is the case, for example, with supplementary benefit. In 1978 about sixty thousand appeals (from the three million or so claimants) were heard by Supplementary Benefit Appeal Tribunals - bodies independent of the local offices which make the original decisions about claims. In this programme Mrs Ann Thomas appeals to a Wolverhampton Tribunal against a decision to to allow a special allowance for her diabetic diet. She is represented by a welfare rights advocate, and the programme concludes with the tribunal panel discussing the case and arriving at a decision.
| Module code and title: | D336, "Policies, people and administration" |
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| Item code: | D336; 04 |
| First transmission date: | 17-05-1980 |
| Published: | 1980 |
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| Restrictions on use: | |
| Duration: | 00:23:41 |
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| Producer: | Susan Boyd-Bowman |
| Contributors: | David Greengrass; Edith Mills; Alan Robinson; Earle Kessler; Adrian Gaynor-Smith; Betty Deakin; W. G. Wooldridge; Janet Aylisse |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Administration; Decision making; Politics; Social security |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/73500 |
| Production number: | FOUD129B |
| Videofinder number: | 281 |
| Available to public: | no |
