To ask the Secretary of State for Health in how many cases individuals have challenged their inclusion on the protection of vulnerable adults list by appealing to the care standards tribunal; how many of those appeals were successful; and what the (a) average and (b) maximum time taken has been for an appeal to be decided. (102393)

The number of individuals who have challenged their inclusion on the protection of vulnerable adults list by appealing to the care standards tribunal is 48. Of those, 32 appeal cases have been completed, of which 11 cases have been won by the appellants and 21 by the Secretary of State.

I understand from the President of the care standards tribunal that the average length of time taken for an appeal to be decided is 74.4 days and the maximum time taken has been around 355 days.