Social Security Benefits: Appeals

(asked on 14th October 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals have been completed following a decision made under the Risk Review Process; and what proportion of those appeals were (a) lapsed and (b) overturned by the Tribunal.


Answered by
Alex Burghart Portrait
Alex Burghart
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
This question was answered on 20th October 2022

From 21st January 2022 when we started collating figures, we have completed 54 appeals. Breaking this figure down, 22 were lapsed and 14 overturned.

The balance is made up of 5 withdrawn appeals, 2 partially upheld appeals and 11 cases where the appeal was refused.

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