Q. Social Security Benefits: Appeals

Social Security Benefits: Appeals

(asked on 4th September 2017) - View Source

Questioner

Mark Hendrick
(Labour (Co-op) - Preston)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals against decisions on (a) personal independence payment and (b) employment and support allowance were heard at (i) Blackburn, (ii) Blackpool, (iii) Burnley, (iv) Lancaster and (v) Preston Magistrates' Court in each month between 1 January 2016 and 31 July 2017; and on how many occasions at each venue in each of these months regarding (A) personal independence payment and (B) employment and support allowance hearings were adjourned.

Answered by

Dominic Raab

This question was answered on 7th September 2017

The table below contains the information requested up to March 2017, the latest period for which figures are available

Venue	Month	Benefit type	Number hearing clearances⁴	Number of adjournments5
Blackburn¹	January 2016	PIP²	31	^~⁶
		ESA³	25	~
	February 2016	PIP	17	0
		ESA	27	~
	March 2016	PIP	30	~
		ESA	43	~
	April 2016	PIP	33	~
		ESA	28	6
	May 2016	PIP	38	6
		ESA	30	~
	June 2016	PIP	16	0
		ESA	28	~
	July 2016	PIP	31	6
		ESA	29	~
	August 2016	PIP	23	~
		ESA	25	~
	September 2016	PIP	29	~
		ESA	36	~
	October 2016	PIP	25	~
		ESA	41	~
	November 2016	PIP	39	6
		ESA	42	~
	December 2016	PIP	31	7
		ESA	26	~
	January 2017	PIP	44	6
		ESA	24	6
	February 2017	PIP	53	7
		ESA	35	~
	March 2017	PIP	39	9
		ESA	17	~
Blackpool¹	January 2016	PIP	32	~
		ESA	60	~
	February 2016	PIP	31	~
		ESA	52	~
	March 2016	PIP	30	~
		ESA	19	~
	April 2016	PIP	48	~
		ESA	35	~
	May 2016	PIP	35	~
		ESA	33	~
	June 2016	PIP	29	~
		ESA	33	~
	July 2016	PIP	34	~
		ESA	47	~
	August 2016	PIP	37	~
		ESA	45	~
	September 2016	PIP	33	9
		ESA	58	~
	October 2016	PIP	38	7
		ESA	55	9
	November 2016	PIP	44	9
		ESA	32	6
	December 2016	PIP	38	12
		ESA	42	~
	January 2017	PIP	51	7
		ESA	41	7
	February 2017	PIP	42	10
		ESA	45	0
	March 2017	PIP	49	12
		ESA	32	9
Burnley¹	January 20166	PIP	23	~
		ESA	24	~
	February 2016	PIP	18	~
		ESA	43	8
	March 2016	PIP	26	~
		ESA	34	~
	April 2016	PIP	29	~
		ESA	19	~
	May 2016	PIP	29	~
		ESA	29	~
	June 2016	PIP	22	~
		ESA	21	~
	July 2016	PIP	17	8
		ESA	32	~
	August 2016	PIP	18	10
		ESA	26	6
	September 2016	PIP	36	6
		ESA	46	~
	October 2016	PIP	31	7
		ESA	39	~
	November 2016	PIP	29	~
		ESA	30	~
	December 2016	PIP	28	8
		ESA	30	~
	January 2017	PIP	43	10
		ESA	21	~
	February 2017	PIP	37	11
		ESA	27	~
	March 2017	PIP	34	6
		ESA	27	~
Lancaster ¹	January 2016	PIP	16	~
		ESA	9	7
	February 2016	PIP	10	~
		ESA	19	~
	March 2016	PIP	9	~
		ESA	14	~
	April 2016	PIP	13	~
		ESA	14	~
	May 2016	PIP	20	~
		ESA	9	0
	June 2016	PIP	10	~
		ESA	10	0
	July 2016	PIP	10	0
		ESA	14	~
	August 2016	PIP	11	~
		ESA	21	~
	September 2016	PIP	17	~
		ESA	17	~
	October 2016	PIP	8	~
		ESA	19	~
	November 2016	PIP	16	~
		ESA	12	~
	December 2016	PIP	~	0
		ESA	7	~
	January 2017	PIP	16	6
		ESA	14	0
	February 2017	PIP	15	~
		ESA	12	~
	March 2017	PIP	13	~
		ESA	12	~
Preston Magistrates’ Court¹	January 2016	PIP	26	11
		ESA	41	~
	February 2016	PIP	28	~
		ESA	42	~
	March 2016	PIP	36	11
		ESA	45	7
	April 2016	PIP	35	12
		ESA	23	~
	May 2016	PIP	39	~
		ESA	19	~
	June 2016	PIP	26	~
		ESA	15	~
	July 2016	PIP	18	~
		ESA	44	~
	August 2016	PIP	27	8
		ESA	27	~
	September 2016	PIP	40	~
		ESA	37	8
	October 2016	PIP	35	~
		ESA	25	~
	November 2016	PIP	18	~
		ESA	13	~
	December 2016	PIP	29	~
		ESA	12	~
	January 2017	PIP	18	~
		ESA	23	~
	February 2017	PIP	20	~
		ESA	17	~
	March 2017	PIP	37	8
		ESA	21	7

1 Social Security and Child Support data are attributed to the hearing venue nearest the appellant’s home

2. Personal Independence Payment began to replace Disability Living Allowance for people aged 16 to 64 from 8 April 2013. Data includes Disablity Living Allowance reassessment

3. Employment and Support Allowance was rolled out from October 2008 and Employment and Support Allowance (Incapacity Benefit Reassessment) was rolled out from April 2011

4. Total number of hearing clearances. Cases cleared at tribunal hearing both oral and paper
5. Number of cases adjourned at tribunal hearing
6. Number falls between one and five.

Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data available. The data are a subset of official statistics extracted from the case management system on a different date.

Social Security Benefits: Appeals

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