Social Security Benefits: Appeals
(asked on 3rd March 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to review the effectiveness of the mandatory reconsideration process.
This question was answered on 9th March 2015
We are confident mandatory reconsideration is already having a positive effect on the resolution of disputes.
Appeals against ESA decisions decreased by 86% in July to September 2014 compared to the same quarter in 2013.
On average ESA mandatory reconsiderations are cleared within 13 calendar days.