Employment and Support Allowance

(asked on 5th June 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost is of (a) a reconsideration of and (b) an appeal against a decision on an employment and support allowance claim.


Answered by
Justin Tomlinson Portrait
Justin Tomlinson
This question was answered on 10th June 2015

The Information requested is not available for Personal Independence Payment.

For Employment Support Allowance the average cost of processing

a Mandatory Reconsideration is: £108

an appeal to the Department for Work and Pensions is: £135

The average cost of processing an appeal to the Tribunals Service is £214.

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