Q. Social Security Benefits: Appeals

Social Security Benefits: Appeals

(asked on 22nd April 2024) - View Source

Questioner

Angela Eagle
(Labour - Wallasey)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals for all types of benefit case (a) are awaiting a hearing and (b) were awaiting a hearing on 22 April 2010 (i) nationally, (ii) by region, (iii) by Tribunal Office and (iv) by hearing venue.

Answered by

Mike Freer
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

This question was answered on 30th April 2024

The table below sets out the number of appeals for all types of benefit awaiting a hearing (i) nationally, (ii) by region, and (iv) by hearing venue as at end of December 2023 (the latest period for which data are available). There is no separate data collated at (iii) Tribunal office level.

Data for 22 April 2010 could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

All SSCS Benefits at December 23¹
Region / Venue	Total Open Caseload	Ready To List	Listed For Hearing
London	11785	6166	1401
Bexleyheath	6	3	0
East London	2715	1443	349
Enfield	46	20	4
Fox Court	5765	2996	670
Hatton Cross	436	170	96
Romford	844	516	112
Sutton	1973	1018	170
Midlands	14569	7979	2084
Birmingham	3275	1668	603
Boston	299	196	33
Chesterfield	649	359	84
Coventry	1146	725	102
Derby	1047	618	142
Hereford	162	81	25
Kidderminster	193	93	37
Leicester	1305	700	160
Lincoln	693	422	71
Northampton	736	476	87
Nottingham	1666	906	256
Nuneaton	123	72	13
Shrewsbury	518	283	67
Stoke	681	379	78
Walsall	493	226	86
Wellingborough	280	169	31
Wolverhampton	1058	462	180
Worcester	245	144	29
North East (Leeds)	6382	2903	1205
Barnsley	314	126	67
Bradford	1055	542	178
Doncaster	448	191	75
Grimsby	300	138	57
Huddersfield	36	11	8
Hull	615	327	97
Leeds	957	341	193
Scarborough	241	111	53
Sheffield	1182	554	214
Wakefield	982	473	187
York	252	89	76
North East (Newcastle)	4775	2480	807
Bedlington	234	95	65
Berwick	20	9	4
Darlington	502	251	77
Durham	425	212	95
Gateshead	116	49	32
Newcastle	751	284	176
North Shields	208	56	63
South Shields	361	176	72
Sunderland	792	488	80
Teesside	1366	860	143
North West	10686	5704	1635
Barrow	108	65	12
Birkenhead	440	264	57
Blackburn	401	225	69
Blackpool	545	238	105
Bolton	613	303	108
Burnley	374	200	46
Bury	1	0	0
Carlisle	254	125	42
Chester	627	358	81
Lancaster	157	94	7
Liverpool	1640	778	234
Manchester	2159	1258	331
Preston	317	143	70
Rochdale	636	279	127
Runcorn	1	0	0
St Helens	676	373	99
Stockport	977	581	129
Wigan	581	327	82
Workington	179	93	36
Scotland	1557	411	508
Aberdeen	89	24	27
Ayr	101	20	40
Campbeltown Centre	2	0	0
Dumfries (Cairndale)	26	2	13
Dundee	88	18	22
Dunfermline	27	7	6
Edinburgh	315	92	114
Galashiels	28	9	8
Glasgow	489	143	155
Greenock	46	10	15
Hamilton	130	26	34
Inverness	63	9	24
Kilmarnock	7	2	2
Kirkcaldy	59	22	19
Kirkwall	1	0	1
Lerwick	3	0	1
Lewis	3	0	2
Oban	6	2	3
Stirling	65	22	19
Stranraer	4	2	1
Wick	5	1	2
South East	12225	7369	1200
Ashford	930	533	102
Basildon	399	200	75
Bedford	365	243	33
Brighton	1250	733	109
Cambridge	456	244	61
Chatham	616	434	60
Chelmsford	700	434	64
Eastbourne	135	88	11
Hastings	317	221	23
High Wycombe	509	291	55
Ipswich	619	409	37
Kings Lynn	269	136	33
Luton	605	365	46
Margate	322	197	29
Milton Keynes	309	172	38
Norwich	990	657	87
Oxford	551	351	58
Peterborough	467	243	56
Reading	593	352	53
Southend	220	109	42
Stevenage	239	137	19
Watford	1364	820	109
South West	9782	5401	823
Unallocated ²	247	156	18
Aldershot	555	309	52
Barnstaple	122	60	9
Bournemouth	12	0	1
Bristol	1922	1090	163
Exeter	385	132	55
Gloucester	715	421	54
Havant	1058	684	63
Newport IOW	319	225	20
Newton Abbot	383	190	37
Plymouth	623	303	62
Poole	801	417	67
Salisbury	73	20	12
Southampton	982	594	58
Swindon	532	322	35
Taunton	410	215	32
Truro	435	156	69
Weymouth and Dorchester	2	0	0
Worle	206	107	16
Wales	6471	3470	675
Aberystwyth	82	41	10
Caernarfon	179	64	26
Cardiff	2668	1455	310
Carmarthen	107	36	20
Haverfordwest	153	68	20
Langstone, Newport	1181	703	91
Llandrindod Wells	37	21	8
Llanelli	2	0	0
Llangefni	284	180	25
Port Talbot	531	232	45
Prestatyn	411	247	31
Swansea	317	140	34
Welshpool	81	46	14
Wrexham	438	237	41
SSCS Regional Centre Not Known	29	4	2
Grand Total	78261	41887	10340

From April 2023 the SSCS Tribunal started to list cases using a new Scheduling and Listing solution. This, alongside HMCTS migrating to a new Strategic Data Platform, has resulted in some cases heard and decided using this new listing solution not currently being included in the data above.

1. Data pulled 24/4/2024

2. Unallocated relates to appeals that have not yet been allocated to a venue.

Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that the data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when data are used.

Management information reflects the data held on the case management system, which is subject to change, and can differ from the quality-assured MOJ official statistics, which form the agreed definitive position.

Social Security Benefits: Appeals

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