Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals were heard by HM Courts and Tribunal Service in response to a Fit for Work decision; and how many initial decisions were overturned, in each month in 2017.

This information is not held centrally.

Information about the volumes and outcomes of appeals to the Social Security and Child Support tribunal is published at:

www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics

The latest statistics, for the period October to December 2017, published on 8 March, can be viewed at:

www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2017.