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The number of tribunal appeals relating to disability living allowance for each of the last five years is shown in the following table.
Financial year Cases disposed of at a hearing April 2005 to March 2006 71,125 April 2006 to March 2007 65,088 April 2007 to March 2008 57,824 April 2008 to March 2009 53,880 April 2009 to February 2010 48,077 Total 295,994