Asked by: Marsha De Cordova (Labour - Battersea)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average clearance time has been for personal independence payment appeals at tribunal in (a) Battersea and (b) nationally in each of the last five years for which data is available.
Answered by Edward Argar
Information about the average clearance times for personal independence payment (PIP) appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at:
www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics
SSCS appeals are listed into the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. The published data (which can be viewed at the link above) provide information about clearance times for PIP appeals at (a) the hearing venue covering Battersea and (b) nationally from 2015/16; data for the preceding two years are provided below.
Personal Independence Payment1 | ||
| Fox Court 2 | National |
Financial Year | Average Clearance Time (in weeks) | Average Clearance Time (in weeks) |
2013-2014 | ~ | 9 |
2014-2015 | 15 | 14 |
~ There were insufficient cases in this period to provide a statistically robust average
Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large- scale case management system and are the best data that are available.
Clearance times are calculated from receipt of the appeal to its final disposal. An appeal is not necessarily disposed of at its first hearing. The final disposal decision on the appeal may be reached after an earlier hearing had been adjourned (which may be directed by the judge for a variety of reasons, such as to seek further evidence), or after an earlier hearing date had been postponed (again, for a variety of reasons, often at the request of the appellant). An appeal may also have been decided at an earlier date by the First-tier Tribunal, only for the case to have gone on to the Upper Tribunal, to be returned once again to the First-tier for its final disposal.
Latest figures (to December 2018) indicate that since PIP was introduced, 3.9 million decisions have been made, and of these 10% have been appealed and 5% have been overturned at tribunals.
Asked by: Marsha De Cordova (Labour - Battersea)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent from the public purse on the administration of personal independent payment appeal tribunals in each year since 2013.
Answered by Edward Argar
The information requested is not held centrally. The cost of Personal Independence Payment and Employment and Support Allowance hearings is included in the overall cost of the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support Appeal).
Asked by: Marsha De Cordova (Labour - Battersea)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of tribunal appeals in relation to claims for personal independence payments by people with epilepsy were successful in (a) London, (b) the South East, (c) the South West, (d) the East Midlands, (e) the West Midlands, (f) the North East and (g) the North West in the last 12 months.
Answered by Lucy Frazer
HM Courts & Tribunals Service does not categorise appeals by illness, or disability, of the appellant. This information is therefore not held centrally.