Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department are trained to provide evidence at First-tier Tribunal appeals.

The number of staff trained to provide evidence at first-tier tribunal appeals is 150 full time equivalents (FTE).

Please note that the data supplied is from the departmental activity based models. This data is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal departmental use only, and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standards. It should therefore be treated with caution. The departmental activity based staffing models are a snapshot (March 2023) of how many people were identified as undertaking specified activities as assigned by line managers.

Child Maintenance Service figures exclude Enforcement Court Presenting Officers.