Independent Case Examiner
(asked on 20th December 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases the Independent Case Examiner has closed (a) after investigation and (b) without investigation; and for what reason those cases were closed in each month since September 2017.
The table below provides information on the cases closed by the Independent Case Examiner’s (ICE) Office and the reason they were closed, for each month since September 2017.
Month | Closed following issue of ICE Investigation Report | Closed following resolution or settlement agreed with the complainant (without the need for an ICE Investigation Report) | Rejected (complaint failed to meet ICE acceptance criteria) | Closed for other reasons (includes withdrawn complaints and those closed following a High Court decision to grant permission for a Judicial Review of the Department’s handling of the change to women’s State Pension age) |
September 2017 | 46 | 25 | 168 | 1 |
October 2017 | 55 | 26 | 182 | 6 |
November 2017 | 64 | 12 | 202 | 2 |
December 2017 | 50 | 15 | 119 | 1 |
January 2018 | 67 | 18 | 213 | 2 |
February 2018 | 70 | 12 | 247 | 4 |
March 2018 | 58 | 25 | 296 | 4 |
April 2018 | 53 | 21 | 172 | 0 |
May 2018 | 69 | 18 | 210 | 2 |
June 2018 | 85 | 23 | 192 | 2 |
July 2018 | 61 | 30 | 222 | 3 |
August 2018 | 79 | 25 | 181 | 1 |
September 2018 | 61 | 30 | 227 | 6 |
October 2018 | 87 | 53 | 201 | 6 |
November 2018 | 82 | 42 | 251 | 6 |
December 2018 | 49 | 26 | 1102 | 2521* |
*Figure is related to the High Court decisions