Asked by: Angela Eagle (Labour - Wallasey)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals relating to Employment Support Allowance claims are awaiting a hearing (a) nationally, (b) by region, (c) by Tribunal Office and (d) by hearing venue; what the average length of time between such appeals being (i) lodged and (ii) heard is (A) nationally, (B) by region, (C) by Tribunal Office and (D) by hearing venue; and in how many cases the length of time waited has exceeded this average (1) nationally, (2) by region, (3) by Tribunal Office and (4) by hearing venue as of 22 April 2024.
Answered by Mike Freer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
The tables below set out the number of Personal Independence Payment, Disability Living Allowance, Employment Support Allowance and Universal Credit appeals awaiting a hearing (a) nationally, (b) by region, and (d) by hearing venue as at end of December 2023 (the latest period for which data are available). There are no separate data collated at (c) tribunal office level.
Information about the average length of time between appeals being lodged and heard; and in how many case the length of time waited has exceeded this average is not held centrally.
Personal Independence Payment1 at December 232 | |||
Region / Venue | Total Open Caseload | Ready To List | Listed For Hearing |
London | 6804 | 3861 | 980 |
Bexleyheath | 1 | 1 | 0 |
East London | 1543 | 905 | 234 |
Enfield | 27 | 11 | 3 |
Fox Court | 3318 | 1846 | 483 |
Hatton Cross | 243 | 98 | 72 |
Romford | 512 | 353 | 67 |
Sutton | 1160 | 647 | 121 |
Midlands | 9330 | 5052 | 1369 |
Birmingham | 1984 | 1007 | 354 |
Boston | 202 | 134 | 25 |
Chesterfield | 457 | 255 | 57 |
Coventry | 698 | 442 | 71 |
Derby | 701 | 417 | 91 |
Hereford | 101 | 43 | 20 |
Kidderminster | 144 | 60 | 30 |
Leicester | 813 | 415 | 108 |
Lincoln | 427 | 258 | 46 |
Northampton | 488 | 328 | 56 |
Nottingham | 1135 | 610 | 168 |
Nuneaton | 99 | 58 | 13 |
Shrewsbury | 333 | 185 | 46 |
Stoke | 427 | 228 | 63 |
Walsall | 316 | 136 | 66 |
Wellingborough | 196 | 114 | 22 |
Wolverhampton | 637 | 262 | 110 |
Worcester | 172 | 100 | 23 |
North East | 7061 | 3468 | 1316 |
Barnsley | 193 | 71 | 38 |
Bedlington | 159 | 66 | 44 |
Berwick | 14 | 6 | 3 |
Bradford | 691 | 334 | 131 |
Darlington | 356 | 195 | 49 |
Doncaster | 316 | 142 | 51 |
Durham | 333 | 169 | 77 |
Gateshead | 78 | 33 | 21 |
Grimsby | 186 | 80 | 37 |
Huddersfield | 32 | 10 | 8 |
Hull | 342 | 181 | 65 |
Leeds | 514 | 165 | 132 |
Newcastle | 332 | 122 | 80 |
North Shields | 134 | 34 | 46 |
Scarborough | 158 | 75 | 29 |
Sheffield | 737 | 381 | 119 |
South Shields | 233 | 112 | 53 |
Sunderland | 545 | 349 | 53 |
Teesside | 871 | 581 | 85 |
Wakefield | 687 | 322 | 138 |
York | 150 | 40 | 57 |
North West | 7362 | 4250 | 1066 |
Barrow | 84 | 53 | 10 |
Birkenhead | 355 | 223 | 43 |
Blackburn | 311 | 180 | 58 |
Blackpool | 355 | 189 | 69 |
Bolton | 414 | 231 | 69 |
Burnley | 263 | 151 | 31 |
Carlisle | 165 | 86 | 32 |
Chester | 500 | 315 | 65 |
Lancaster | 105 | 66 | 1 |
Liverpool | 1023 | 495 | 155 |
Manchester | 1319 | 821 | 164 |
Preston | 248 | 123 | 58 |
Rochdale | 436 | 216 | 90 |
St Helens | 512 | 301 | 73 |
Stockport | 699 | 451 | 68 |
Wigan | 427 | 267 | 49 |
Workington | 146 | 82 | 31 |
Scotland | 263 | 68 | 114 |
Aberdeen | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Ayr | 11 | 1 | 4 |
Dumfries (Cairndale) | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Dundee | 6 | 0 | 2 |
Dunfermline | 7 | 3 | 3 |
Edinburgh | 70 | 19 | 36 |
Galashiels | 6 | 1 | 3 |
Glasgow | 89 | 24 | 36 |
Greenock | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Hamilton | 24 | 3 | 6 |
Inverness | 7 | 4 | 1 |
Kilmarnock | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Kirkcaldy | 22 | 8 | 11 |
Oban | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Stirling | 4 | 0 | 2 |
Stranraer | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Wick | 1 | 0 | 1 |
South East | 7696 | 4930 | 574 |
Ashford | 556 | 349 | 38 |
Basildon | 264 | 144 | 43 |
Bedford | 200 | 133 | 17 |
Brighton | 842 | 541 | 40 |
Cambridge | 238 | 122 | 30 |
Chatham | 466 | 355 | 23 |
Chelmsford | 408 | 265 | 33 |
Eastbourne | 98 | 64 | 8 |
Hastings | 243 | 177 | 10 |
High Wycombe | 321 | 192 | 32 |
Ipswich | 411 | 283 | 22 |
Kings Lynn | 181 | 91 | 13 |
Luton | 363 | 229 | 16 |
Margate | 257 | 162 | 20 |
Milton Keynes | 212 | 119 | 27 |
Norwich | 659 | 470 | 43 |
Oxford | 311 | 216 | 27 |
Peterborough | 307 | 165 | 33 |
Reading | 361 | 224 | 21 |
Southend | 95 | 33 | 21 |
Stevenage | 163 | 94 | 14 |
Watford | 740 | 502 | 43 |
South West | 5916 | 3428 | 625 |
Unallocated 3 | 177 | 115 | 11 |
Aldershot | 289 | 162 | 38 |
Barnstaple | 80 | 36 | 8 |
Bristol | 1167 | 724 | 122 |
Exeter | 224 | 80 | 49 |
Gloucester | 432 | 257 | 38 |
Havant | 657 | 440 | 45 |
Newport IOW | 222 | 153 | 13 |
Newton Abbot | 246 | 126 | 29 |
Plymouth | 384 | 193 | 55 |
Poole | 441 | 249 | 49 |
Salisbury | 46 | 10 | 10 |
Southampton | 606 | 401 | 40 |
Swindon | 320 | 218 | 23 |
Taunton | 239 | 134 | 24 |
Truro | 255 | 68 | 59 |
Worle | 131 | 62 | 12 |
Wales | 4181 | 2180 | 514 |
Aberystwyth | 49 | 24 | 6 |
Caernarfon | 101 | 23 | 15 |
Cardiff | 1746 | 949 | 250 |
Carmarthen | 72 | 15 | 19 |
Haverfordwest | 105 | 39 | 16 |
Langstone, Newport | 793 | 459 | 76 |
Llandrindod Wells | 32 | 16 | 8 |
Llangefni | 199 | 121 | 18 |
Port Talbot | 305 | 112 | 35 |
Prestatyn | 277 | 170 | 13 |
Swansea | 194 | 75 | 25 |
Welshpool | 52 | 31 | 8 |
Wrexham | 256 | 146 | 25 |
SSCS Regional Centre Not Known | 10 | 4 | 0 |
National | 48623 | 27241 | 6558 |
Disability Living Allowance at December 232 | |||
Region / Venue | Total Open Caseload | Ready To List | Listed For Hearing |
London | 592 | 426 | 73 |
East London | 149 | 114 | 22 |
Enfield | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Fox Court | 264 | 180 | 36 |
Hatton Cross | 20 | 14 | 3 |
Romford | 54 | 41 | 4 |
Sutton | 103 | 75 | 8 |
Midlands | 597 | 394 | 91 |
Birmingham | 164 | 84 | 39 |
Boston | 10 | 9 | 0 |
Chesterfield | 26 | 20 | 2 |
Coventry | 46 | 35 | 4 |
Derby | 40 | 32 | 5 |
Hereford | 7 | 5 | 0 |
Kidderminster | 11 | 8 | 1 |
Leicester | 43 | 32 | 8 |
Lincoln | 36 | 25 | 1 |
Northampton | 26 | 19 | 4 |
Nottingham | 63 | 41 | 10 |
Nuneaton | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Shrewsbury | 20 | 15 | 3 |
Stoke | 30 | 23 | 4 |
Walsall | 19 | 10 | 1 |
Wellingborough | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Wolverhampton | 34 | 17 | 8 |
Worcester | 8 | 7 | 0 |
North East | 489 | 326 | 68 |
Barnsley | 15 | 9 | 2 |
Bedlington | 9 | 7 | 0 |
Bradford | 54 | 36 | 8 |
Darlington | 29 | 20 | 4 |
Doncaster | 14 | 5 | 2 |
Durham | 20 | 15 | 4 |
Gateshead | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Grimsby | 12 | 5 | 4 |
Huddersfield | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Hull | 23 | 16 | 5 |
Leeds | 30 | 8 | 12 |
Newcastle | 16 | 7 | 5 |
North Shields | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Scarborough | 9 | 5 | 2 |
Sheffield | 71 | 52 | 3 |
South Shields | 19 | 11 | 4 |
Sunderland | 40 | 29 | 3 |
Teesside | 67 | 61 | 1 |
Wakefield | 47 | 32 | 6 |
York | 7 | 4 | 2 |
North West | 535 | 372 | 87 |
Barrow | 5 | 4 | 0 |
Birkenhead | 32 | 19 | 7 |
Blackburn | 26 | 17 | 6 |
Blackpool | 19 | 10 | 2 |
Bolton | 30 | 20 | 5 |
Burnley | 14 | 11 | 2 |
Carlisle | 9 | 3 | 4 |
Chester | 20 | 14 | 4 |
Lancaster | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Liverpool | 70 | 45 | 12 |
Manchester | 113 | 89 | 14 |
Preston | 14 | 9 | 2 |
Rochdale | 40 | 25 | 10 |
St Helens | 42 | 27 | 9 |
Stockport | 60 | 49 | 4 |
Wigan | 31 | 21 | 6 |
Workington | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Scotland | 8 | 2 | 3 |
Ayr | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Dundee | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Edinburgh | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Glasgow | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Inverness | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Kirkcaldy | 1 | 1 | 0 |
South East | 555 | 427 | 52 |
Ashford | 33 | 24 | 3 |
Basildon | 25 | 15 | 5 |
Bedford | 20 | 16 | 1 |
Brighton | 46 | 36 | 2 |
Cambridge | 10 | 4 | 6 |
Chatham | 47 | 41 | 4 |
Chelmsford | 38 | 28 | 4 |
Eastbourne | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Hastings | 13 | 10 | 1 |
High Wycombe | 27 | 18 | 5 |
Ipswich | 30 | 23 | 2 |
Kings Lynn | 12 | 10 | 2 |
Luton | 27 | 26 | 0 |
Margate | 15 | 14 | 1 |
Milton Keynes | 14 | 8 | 3 |
Norwich | 46 | 37 | 3 |
Oxford | 23 | 18 | 1 |
Peterborough | 19 | 14 | 3 |
Reading | 26 | 23 | 0 |
Southend | 8 | 4 | 3 |
Stevenage | 12 | 8 | 1 |
Watford | 60 | 47 | 2 |
South West | 394 | 266 | 45 |
Unallocated 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
Aldershot | 26 | 20 | 2 |
Barnstaple | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Bristol | 79 | 52 | 9 |
Exeter | 13 | 4 | 3 |
Gloucester | 27 | 15 | 4 |
Havant | 48 | 33 | 6 |
Newport IOW | 13 | 11 | 1 |
Newton Abbot | 12 | 8 | 0 |
Plymouth | 21 | 15 | 2 |
Poole | 30 | 23 | 2 |
Salisbury | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Southampton | 36 | 26 | 5 |
Swindon | 24 | 19 | 2 |
Taunton | 21 | 17 | 2 |
Truro | 16 | 9 | 4 |
Worle | 12 | 7 | 0 |
Wales | 247 | 148 | 35 |
Aberystwyth | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Caernarfon | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Cardiff | 115 | 61 | 18 |
Carmarthen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Haverfordwest | 4 | 0 | 3 |
Langstone, Newport | 45 | 33 | 3 |
Llandrindod Wells | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Llangefni | 13 | 10 | 1 |
Port Talbot | 15 | 9 | 2 |
Prestatyn | 16 | 13 | 0 |
Swansea | 9 | 3 | 4 |
Welshpool | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Wrexham | 21 | 14 | 1 |
SSCS Regional Centre Not Known | 1 | 0 | 0 |
National | 3418 | 2361 | 454 |
Employment and Support Allowance4 at December 232 | |||
Region / Venue | Total Open Caseload | Ready To List | Listed For Hearing |
London | 380 | 158 | 28 |
East London | 116 | 59 | 4 |
Enfield | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Fox Court | 149 | 47 | 17 |
Hatton Cross | 19 | 8 | 3 |
Romford | 24 | 12 | 2 |
Sutton | 70 | 32 | 2 |
Midlands | 667 | 351 | 88 |
Birmingham | 112 | 57 | 19 |
Boston | 21 | 11 | 1 |
Chesterfield | 33 | 14 | 7 |
Coventry | 48 | 29 | 5 |
Derby | 48 | 26 | 6 |
Hereford | 9 | 4 | 2 |
Kidderminster | 13 | 8 | 2 |
Leicester | 69 | 44 | 7 |
Lincoln | 17 | 8 | 1 |
Northampton | 32 | 14 | 4 |
Nottingham | 65 | 31 | 12 |
Nuneaton | 7 | 2 | 0 |
Shrewsbury | 38 | 21 | 7 |
Stoke | 49 | 29 | 0 |
Walsall | 25 | 13 | 4 |
Wellingborough | 11 | 6 | 1 |
Wolverhampton | 56 | 25 | 8 |
Worcester | 14 | 9 | 2 |
North East | 468 | 188 | 62 |
Barnsley | 18 | 7 | 5 |
Bedlington | 14 | 2 | 3 |
Bradford | 41 | 17 | 3 |
Darlington | 23 | 8 | 2 |
Doncaster | 17 | 8 | 2 |
Durham | 22 | 8 | 4 |
Gateshead | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Grimsby | 19 | 7 | 2 |
Hull | 20 | 15 | 0 |
Leeds | 20 | 7 | 1 |
Newcastle | 25 | 9 | 3 |
North Shields | 19 | 3 | 5 |
Scarborough | 12 | 4 | 4 |
Sheffield | 40 | 15 | 6 |
South Shields | 27 | 8 | 1 |
Sunderland | 38 | 20 | 3 |
Teesside | 49 | 25 | 6 |
Wakefield | 42 | 18 | 7 |
York | 17 | 7 | 5 |
North West | 323 | 82 | 72 |
Barrow | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Birkenhead | 9 | 1 | 2 |
Blackburn | 13 | 3 | 3 |
Blackpool | 13 | 1 | 4 |
Bolton | 21 | 6 | 4 |
Burnley | 7 | 0 | 3 |
Carlisle | 9 | 1 | 1 |
Chester | 25 | 5 | 6 |
Lancaster | 7 | 3 | 0 |
Liverpool | 38 | 16 | 7 |
Manchester | 50 | 15 | 12 |
Preston | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Rochdale | 28 | 6 | 5 |
St Helens | 21 | 1 | 2 |
Stockport | 40 | 17 | 9 |
Wigan | 24 | 4 | 9 |
Workington | 9 | 1 | 3 |
Scotland | 214 | 20 | 70 |
Aberdeen | 13 | 0 | 3 |
Ayr | 17 | 1 | 6 |
Campbeltown Centre | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dumfries (Cairndale) | 9 | 0 | 7 |
Dundee | 12 | 0 | 3 |
Dunfermline | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Edinburgh | 27 | 1 | 15 |
Galashiels | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Glasgow | 50 | 6 | 18 |
Greenock | 12 | 3 | 0 |
Hamilton | 19 | 3 | 3 |
Inverness | 14 | 0 | 6 |
Kilmarnock | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Kirkcaldy | 8 | 2 | 2 |
Lerwick | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Stirling | 17 | 2 | 4 |
South East | 420 | 209 | 48 |
Ashford | 20 | 10 | 1 |
Basildon | 16 | 7 | 2 |
Bedford | 13 | 7 | 1 |
Brighton | 39 | 20 | 6 |
Cambridge | 11 | 5 | 1 |
Chatham | 16 | 8 | 3 |
Chelmsford | 37 | 18 | 3 |
Eastbourne | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Hastings | 9 | 3 | 4 |
High Wycombe | 19 | 8 | 1 |
Ipswich | 25 | 14 | 1 |
Kings Lynn | 15 | 7 | 3 |
Luton | 22 | 13 | 1 |
Margate | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Milton Keynes | 9 | 5 | 1 |
Norwich | 36 | 17 | 5 |
Oxford | 21 | 13 | 3 |
Peterborough | 32 | 12 | 3 |
Reading | 34 | 19 | 4 |
Southend | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Stevenage | 9 | 6 | 1 |
Watford | 29 | 12 | 4 |
South West | 490 | 295 | 15 |
Unallocated 3 | 14 | 8 | 3 |
Aldershot | 31 | 24 | 0 |
Barnstaple | 6 | 4 | 0 |
Bristol | 80 | 42 | 4 |
Exeter | 12 | 5 | 1 |
Gloucester | 35 | 21 | 0 |
Havant | 65 | 43 | 1 |
Newport IOW | 27 | 21 | 2 |
Newton Abbot | 26 | 15 | 0 |
Plymouth | 31 | 19 | 0 |
Poole | 32 | 25 | 1 |
Salisbury | 7 | 3 | 0 |
Southampton | 49 | 26 | 1 |
Swindon | 17 | 8 | 2 |
Taunton | 22 | 12 | 0 |
Truro | 21 | 12 | 0 |
Worle | 15 | 7 | 0 |
Wales | 434 | 278 | 13 |
Aberystwyth | 10 | 5 | 3 |
Caernarfon | 10 | 6 | 1 |
Cardiff | 155 | 108 | 3 |
Carmarthen | 10 | 6 | 0 |
Haverfordwest | 13 | 8 | 0 |
Langstone, Newport | 88 | 55 | 1 |
Llandrindod Wells | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Llangefni | 23 | 15 | 0 |
Port Talbot | 37 | 26 | 0 |
Prestatyn | 24 | 14 | 2 |
Swansea | 27 | 11 | 0 |
Welshpool | 13 | 6 | 3 |
Wrexham | 23 | 17 | 0 |
SSCS Regional Centre Not Known | 3 | 0 | 2 |
National | 3399 | 1581 | 398 |
Universal Credit5 at December 232 | |||
Region / Venue | Total Open Caseload | Ready To List | Listed For Hearing |
London | 2659 | 1361 | 215 |
East London | 566 | 294 | 57 |
Enfield | 8 | 2 | 1 |
Fox Court | 1468 | 754 | 94 |
Hatton Cross | 102 | 40 | 13 |
Romford | 169 | 85 | 34 |
Sutton | 346 | 186 | 16 |
Midlands | 2602 | 1489 | 406 |
Birmingham | 713 | 381 | 142 |
Boston | 51 | 34 | 7 |
Chesterfield | 62 | 34 | 11 |
Coventry | 202 | 125 | 14 |
Derby | 159 | 87 | 31 |
Hereford | 21 | 16 | 0 |
Kidderminster | 20 | 15 | 2 |
Leicester | 265 | 160 | 29 |
Lincoln | 123 | 74 | 19 |
Northampton | 126 | 82 | 16 |
Nottingham | 253 | 148 | 50 |
Nuneaton | 11 | 7 | 0 |
Shrewsbury | 78 | 45 | 7 |
Stoke | 99 | 55 | 9 |
Walsall | 116 | 64 | 15 |
Wellingborough | 43 | 29 | 6 |
Wolverhampton | 218 | 109 | 44 |
Worcester | 42 | 24 | 4 |
North East | 2007 | 1012 | 385 |
Barnsley | 55 | 26 | 13 |
Bedlington | 46 | 20 | 15 |
Berwick | 5 | 3 | 0 |
Bradford | 208 | 118 | 30 |
Darlington | 70 | 26 | 19 |
Doncaster | 84 | 31 | 18 |
Durham | 40 | 17 | 7 |
Gateshead | 24 | 11 | 10 |
Grimsby | 69 | 41 | 11 |
Huddersfield | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Hull | 108 | 62 | 16 |
Leeds | 173 | 68 | 30 |
Newcastle | 229 | 109 | 48 |
North Shields | 45 | 16 | 9 |
Scarborough | 49 | 24 | 15 |
Sheffield | 160 | 67 | 40 |
South Shields | 71 | 40 | 13 |
Sunderland | 124 | 79 | 12 |
Teesside | 227 | 137 | 37 |
Wakefield | 170 | 88 | 32 |
York | 47 | 29 | 10 |
North West | 1512 | 572 | 308 |
Barrow | 12 | 6 | 1 |
Birkenhead | 34 | 15 | 5 |
Blackburn | 33 | 15 | 2 |
Blackpool | 54 | 13 | 10 |
Bolton | 107 | 32 | 24 |
Burnley | 65 | 29 | 8 |
Carlisle | 29 | 14 | 4 |
Chester | 61 | 17 | 6 |
Lancaster | 27 | 13 | 3 |
Liverpool | 179 | 49 | 34 |
Manchester | 467 | 226 | 112 |
Preston | 35 | 7 | 8 |
Rochdale | 91 | 23 | 17 |
St Helens | 79 | 34 | 13 |
Stockport | 141 | 45 | 43 |
Wigan | 85 | 29 | 17 |
Workington | 13 | 5 | 1 |
Scotland | 658 | 187 | 219 |
Aberdeen | 33 | 8 | 15 |
Ayr | 40 | 12 | 13 |
Dumfries (Cairndale) | 13 | 1 | 5 |
Dundee | 44 | 10 | 13 |
Dunfermline | 14 | 3 | 2 |
Edinburgh | 120 | 31 | 40 |
Galashiels | 14 | 6 | 3 |
Glasgow | 206 | 64 | 71 |
Greenock | 25 | 6 | 10 |
Hamilton | 59 | 17 | 19 |
Inverness | 22 | 3 | 9 |
Kilmarnock | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Kirkcaldy | 22 | 9 | 4 |
Kirkwall | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Lerwick | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Lewis | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Oban | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Stirling | 29 | 13 | 9 |
Stranraer | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Wick | 4 | 1 | 1 |
South East | 2002 | 1053 | 321 |
Ashford | 117 | 47 | 28 |
Basildon | 70 | 24 | 19 |
Bedford | 48 | 30 | 6 |
Brighton | 173 | 76 | 35 |
Cambridge | 68 | 33 | 11 |
Chatham | 70 | 27 | 21 |
Chelmsford | 107 | 62 | 11 |
Eastbourne | 26 | 15 | 3 |
Hastings | 43 | 27 | 8 |
High Wycombe | 125 | 70 | 14 |
Ipswich | 89 | 54 | 8 |
Kings Lynn | 36 | 18 | 12 |
Luton | 110 | 65 | 16 |
Margate | 39 | 18 | 8 |
Milton Keynes | 48 | 27 | 6 |
Norwich | 145 | 86 | 22 |
Oxford | 111 | 66 | 13 |
Peterborough | 91 | 45 | 14 |
Reading | 141 | 73 | 21 |
Southend | 65 | 37 | 16 |
Stevenage | 45 | 27 | 2 |
Watford | 235 | 126 | 27 |
South West | 1744 | 1121 | 65 |
Unallocated 3 | 43 | 26 | 2 |
Aldershot | 120 | 74 | 5 |
Barnstaple | 24 | 15 | 0 |
Bristol | 342 | 219 | 11 |
Exeter | 59 | 32 | 0 |
Gloucester | 136 | 99 | 7 |
Havant | 187 | 133 | 5 |
Newport IOW | 49 | 35 | 4 |
Newton Abbot | 61 | 34 | 4 |
Plymouth | 84 | 52 | 0 |
Poole | 159 | 96 | 9 |
Salisbury | 15 | 6 | 1 |
Southampton | 162 | 106 | 5 |
Swindon | 108 | 71 | 5 |
Taunton | 71 | 42 | 0 |
Truro | 87 | 58 | 3 |
Worle | 37 | 23 | 4 |
Wales | 1019 | 712 | 62 |
Aberystwyth | 16 | 8 | 1 |
Caernarfon | 53 | 32 | 6 |
Cardiff | 389 | 277 | 18 |
Carmarthen | 20 | 14 | 0 |
Haverfordwest | 28 | 19 | 1 |
Langstone, Newport | 179 | 133 | 9 |
Llandrindod Wells | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Llangefni | 27 | 20 | 1 |
Port Talbot | 91 | 68 | 3 |
Prestatyn | 74 | 46 | 9 |
Swansea | 58 | 43 | 3 |
Welshpool | 14 | 8 | 3 |
Wrexham | 67 | 41 | 8 |
National | 14203 | 7507 | 1981 |
From April 2023 the SSCS Tribunal started to list cases using a new Scheduling and Listing solution. This, alongside HMCTS migrating to a new Strategic Data Platform, has resulted in some cases heard and decided using this new listing solution not currently being included in the data above.
1. Personal Independence Payment (New Claim Appeals) which replaces Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013, also includes Personal Independence Clams (Reassessments)
2. Data pulled 23/4/2024
3. Unallocated relates to appeals that have not yet been allocated to a venue.
4. Data includes Employment and Support Allowance and Incapacity Benefit reassessment. Employment and Support Allowance was introduced in October 2008 and Incapacity Benefit reassessment followed in October 2010.
5. Universal Credit was introduced on 29 April 2013 in selected areas of Greater Manchester and Cheshire, and has been gradually rolled out to the rest of the UK from October 2013.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that the data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when data are used.
Management information reflects the data held on the case management system, which is subject to change, and can differ from the quality-assured MOJ official statistics, which form the agreed definitive position.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that the data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when data are used.
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of levels of child poverty among (a) BAME, (b) Gypsy, Roma and Traveller and (c) disabled children.
Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
Statistics on the number of Children living in absolute and relative poverty by disability in the UK are published annually in the “Households Below Average Income” publication in “table 1_7c” and “table 1_7d” (respectively) of “summary-hbai-timeseries-1994-95-2022-23-tables” at Households below average income: for financial years ending 1995 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)(opens in a new tab). The number of children living in absolute and relative poverty by ethnic group of head of household can be found in “table 4_1db_BHC” and “table 4_1db_AHC” at the link above. Poverty statistics for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children are not available.
The latest statistics published on 21 March 2024 are for the financial period 2022/23. The latest available data can also be found on Stat-Xplore: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/.
Asked by: Dean Russell (Conservative - Watford)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress NHS England has made on developing a neuropsychiatric service specification.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
NHS England remains committed to the continued development and improvement of all services, including neuropsychiatry. Neuropsychiatry covers a broad spectrum of mental health support, for people with a broad spectrum of neurological conditions, and as such, provision of neuropsychiatry falls within the care pathway of a range of services.
The provision of neuropsychiatry is included in, and will be strengthened within, the updated neurology service specification, neurosurgery specification, and complex rehabilitation service specification. The requirement and scope of a standalone neuropsychiatry service specification is being discussed with the Royal College of Psychiatry and mental health colleagues.
The Neurology Clinical Reference Group (CRG) will continue to lead this work and take forward discussions with the Royal College of Psychiatry, which is represented on both the Neurology CRG and Complex Rehabilitation and Disability CRG, and is contributing to the development of the service specifications listed above.
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the benefits cap for families with children living in poverty.
Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The latest statistics show that in 2022/23 there were 100,000 fewer children in absolute poverty after housing costs than in 2009/10.
Where possible, it is in the best interests of children to be in working households and the benefit cap provides a clear incentive to move into work. Children living in workless households were over 6 times more likely to be in absolute poverty after housing costs than those where all adults work.
To ensure the most vulnerable are supported, exemptions also apply to households who are entitled to disability benefits and/or carer benefits.
Asked by: Angela Eagle (Labour - Wallasey)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals relating to Personal Independence Payment claims are awaiting a hearing (a) nationally, (b) by region, (c) by Tribunal Office and (d) by hearing venue; what the average length of time between such appeals being (i) lodged and (ii) heard is (A) nationally, (B) by region, (C) by Tribunal Office and (D) by hearing venue; and in how many cases the length of time waited has exceeded this average (1) nationally, (2) by region, (3) by Tribunal Office and (4) by hearing venue as of 22 April 2024.
Answered by Mike Freer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
The tables below set out the number of Personal Independence Payment, Disability Living Allowance, Employment Support Allowance and Universal Credit appeals awaiting a hearing (a) nationally, (b) by region, and (d) by hearing venue as at end of December 2023 (the latest period for which data are available). There are no separate data collated at (c) tribunal office level.
Information about the average length of time between appeals being lodged and heard; and in how many case the length of time waited has exceeded this average is not held centrally.
Personal Independence Payment1 at December 232 | |||
Region / Venue | Total Open Caseload | Ready To List | Listed For Hearing |
London | 6804 | 3861 | 980 |
Bexleyheath | 1 | 1 | 0 |
East London | 1543 | 905 | 234 |
Enfield | 27 | 11 | 3 |
Fox Court | 3318 | 1846 | 483 |
Hatton Cross | 243 | 98 | 72 |
Romford | 512 | 353 | 67 |
Sutton | 1160 | 647 | 121 |
Midlands | 9330 | 5052 | 1369 |
Birmingham | 1984 | 1007 | 354 |
Boston | 202 | 134 | 25 |
Chesterfield | 457 | 255 | 57 |
Coventry | 698 | 442 | 71 |
Derby | 701 | 417 | 91 |
Hereford | 101 | 43 | 20 |
Kidderminster | 144 | 60 | 30 |
Leicester | 813 | 415 | 108 |
Lincoln | 427 | 258 | 46 |
Northampton | 488 | 328 | 56 |
Nottingham | 1135 | 610 | 168 |
Nuneaton | 99 | 58 | 13 |
Shrewsbury | 333 | 185 | 46 |
Stoke | 427 | 228 | 63 |
Walsall | 316 | 136 | 66 |
Wellingborough | 196 | 114 | 22 |
Wolverhampton | 637 | 262 | 110 |
Worcester | 172 | 100 | 23 |
North East | 7061 | 3468 | 1316 |
Barnsley | 193 | 71 | 38 |
Bedlington | 159 | 66 | 44 |
Berwick | 14 | 6 | 3 |
Bradford | 691 | 334 | 131 |
Darlington | 356 | 195 | 49 |
Doncaster | 316 | 142 | 51 |
Durham | 333 | 169 | 77 |
Gateshead | 78 | 33 | 21 |
Grimsby | 186 | 80 | 37 |
Huddersfield | 32 | 10 | 8 |
Hull | 342 | 181 | 65 |
Leeds | 514 | 165 | 132 |
Newcastle | 332 | 122 | 80 |
North Shields | 134 | 34 | 46 |
Scarborough | 158 | 75 | 29 |
Sheffield | 737 | 381 | 119 |
South Shields | 233 | 112 | 53 |
Sunderland | 545 | 349 | 53 |
Teesside | 871 | 581 | 85 |
Wakefield | 687 | 322 | 138 |
York | 150 | 40 | 57 |
North West | 7362 | 4250 | 1066 |
Barrow | 84 | 53 | 10 |
Birkenhead | 355 | 223 | 43 |
Blackburn | 311 | 180 | 58 |
Blackpool | 355 | 189 | 69 |
Bolton | 414 | 231 | 69 |
Burnley | 263 | 151 | 31 |
Carlisle | 165 | 86 | 32 |
Chester | 500 | 315 | 65 |
Lancaster | 105 | 66 | 1 |
Liverpool | 1023 | 495 | 155 |
Manchester | 1319 | 821 | 164 |
Preston | 248 | 123 | 58 |
Rochdale | 436 | 216 | 90 |
St Helens | 512 | 301 | 73 |
Stockport | 699 | 451 | 68 |
Wigan | 427 | 267 | 49 |
Workington | 146 | 82 | 31 |
Scotland | 263 | 68 | 114 |
Aberdeen | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Ayr | 11 | 1 | 4 |
Dumfries (Cairndale) | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Dundee | 6 | 0 | 2 |
Dunfermline | 7 | 3 | 3 |
Edinburgh | 70 | 19 | 36 |
Galashiels | 6 | 1 | 3 |
Glasgow | 89 | 24 | 36 |
Greenock | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Hamilton | 24 | 3 | 6 |
Inverness | 7 | 4 | 1 |
Kilmarnock | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Kirkcaldy | 22 | 8 | 11 |
Oban | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Stirling | 4 | 0 | 2 |
Stranraer | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Wick | 1 | 0 | 1 |
South East | 7696 | 4930 | 574 |
Ashford | 556 | 349 | 38 |
Basildon | 264 | 144 | 43 |
Bedford | 200 | 133 | 17 |
Brighton | 842 | 541 | 40 |
Cambridge | 238 | 122 | 30 |
Chatham | 466 | 355 | 23 |
Chelmsford | 408 | 265 | 33 |
Eastbourne | 98 | 64 | 8 |
Hastings | 243 | 177 | 10 |
High Wycombe | 321 | 192 | 32 |
Ipswich | 411 | 283 | 22 |
Kings Lynn | 181 | 91 | 13 |
Luton | 363 | 229 | 16 |
Margate | 257 | 162 | 20 |
Milton Keynes | 212 | 119 | 27 |
Norwich | 659 | 470 | 43 |
Oxford | 311 | 216 | 27 |
Peterborough | 307 | 165 | 33 |
Reading | 361 | 224 | 21 |
Southend | 95 | 33 | 21 |
Stevenage | 163 | 94 | 14 |
Watford | 740 | 502 | 43 |
South West | 5916 | 3428 | 625 |
Unallocated 3 | 177 | 115 | 11 |
Aldershot | 289 | 162 | 38 |
Barnstaple | 80 | 36 | 8 |
Bristol | 1167 | 724 | 122 |
Exeter | 224 | 80 | 49 |
Gloucester | 432 | 257 | 38 |
Havant | 657 | 440 | 45 |
Newport IOW | 222 | 153 | 13 |
Newton Abbot | 246 | 126 | 29 |
Plymouth | 384 | 193 | 55 |
Poole | 441 | 249 | 49 |
Salisbury | 46 | 10 | 10 |
Southampton | 606 | 401 | 40 |
Swindon | 320 | 218 | 23 |
Taunton | 239 | 134 | 24 |
Truro | 255 | 68 | 59 |
Worle | 131 | 62 | 12 |
Wales | 4181 | 2180 | 514 |
Aberystwyth | 49 | 24 | 6 |
Caernarfon | 101 | 23 | 15 |
Cardiff | 1746 | 949 | 250 |
Carmarthen | 72 | 15 | 19 |
Haverfordwest | 105 | 39 | 16 |
Langstone, Newport | 793 | 459 | 76 |
Llandrindod Wells | 32 | 16 | 8 |
Llangefni | 199 | 121 | 18 |
Port Talbot | 305 | 112 | 35 |
Prestatyn | 277 | 170 | 13 |
Swansea | 194 | 75 | 25 |
Welshpool | 52 | 31 | 8 |
Wrexham | 256 | 146 | 25 |
SSCS Regional Centre Not Known | 10 | 4 | 0 |
National | 48623 | 27241 | 6558 |
Disability Living Allowance at December 232 | |||
Region / Venue | Total Open Caseload | Ready To List | Listed For Hearing |
London | 592 | 426 | 73 |
East London | 149 | 114 | 22 |
Enfield | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Fox Court | 264 | 180 | 36 |
Hatton Cross | 20 | 14 | 3 |
Romford | 54 | 41 | 4 |
Sutton | 103 | 75 | 8 |
Midlands | 597 | 394 | 91 |
Birmingham | 164 | 84 | 39 |
Boston | 10 | 9 | 0 |
Chesterfield | 26 | 20 | 2 |
Coventry | 46 | 35 | 4 |
Derby | 40 | 32 | 5 |
Hereford | 7 | 5 | 0 |
Kidderminster | 11 | 8 | 1 |
Leicester | 43 | 32 | 8 |
Lincoln | 36 | 25 | 1 |
Northampton | 26 | 19 | 4 |
Nottingham | 63 | 41 | 10 |
Nuneaton | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Shrewsbury | 20 | 15 | 3 |
Stoke | 30 | 23 | 4 |
Walsall | 19 | 10 | 1 |
Wellingborough | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Wolverhampton | 34 | 17 | 8 |
Worcester | 8 | 7 | 0 |
North East | 489 | 326 | 68 |
Barnsley | 15 | 9 | 2 |
Bedlington | 9 | 7 | 0 |
Bradford | 54 | 36 | 8 |
Darlington | 29 | 20 | 4 |
Doncaster | 14 | 5 | 2 |
Durham | 20 | 15 | 4 |
Gateshead | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Grimsby | 12 | 5 | 4 |
Huddersfield | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Hull | 23 | 16 | 5 |
Leeds | 30 | 8 | 12 |
Newcastle | 16 | 7 | 5 |
North Shields | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Scarborough | 9 | 5 | 2 |
Sheffield | 71 | 52 | 3 |
South Shields | 19 | 11 | 4 |
Sunderland | 40 | 29 | 3 |
Teesside | 67 | 61 | 1 |
Wakefield | 47 | 32 | 6 |
York | 7 | 4 | 2 |
North West | 535 | 372 | 87 |
Barrow | 5 | 4 | 0 |
Birkenhead | 32 | 19 | 7 |
Blackburn | 26 | 17 | 6 |
Blackpool | 19 | 10 | 2 |
Bolton | 30 | 20 | 5 |
Burnley | 14 | 11 | 2 |
Carlisle | 9 | 3 | 4 |
Chester | 20 | 14 | 4 |
Lancaster | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Liverpool | 70 | 45 | 12 |
Manchester | 113 | 89 | 14 |
Preston | 14 | 9 | 2 |
Rochdale | 40 | 25 | 10 |
St Helens | 42 | 27 | 9 |
Stockport | 60 | 49 | 4 |
Wigan | 31 | 21 | 6 |
Workington | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Scotland | 8 | 2 | 3 |
Ayr | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Dundee | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Edinburgh | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Glasgow | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Inverness | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Kirkcaldy | 1 | 1 | 0 |
South East | 555 | 427 | 52 |
Ashford | 33 | 24 | 3 |
Basildon | 25 | 15 | 5 |
Bedford | 20 | 16 | 1 |
Brighton | 46 | 36 | 2 |
Cambridge | 10 | 4 | 6 |
Chatham | 47 | 41 | 4 |
Chelmsford | 38 | 28 | 4 |
Eastbourne | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Hastings | 13 | 10 | 1 |
High Wycombe | 27 | 18 | 5 |
Ipswich | 30 | 23 | 2 |
Kings Lynn | 12 | 10 | 2 |
Luton | 27 | 26 | 0 |
Margate | 15 | 14 | 1 |
Milton Keynes | 14 | 8 | 3 |
Norwich | 46 | 37 | 3 |
Oxford | 23 | 18 | 1 |
Peterborough | 19 | 14 | 3 |
Reading | 26 | 23 | 0 |
Southend | 8 | 4 | 3 |
Stevenage | 12 | 8 | 1 |
Watford | 60 | 47 | 2 |
South West | 394 | 266 | 45 |
Unallocated 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
Aldershot | 26 | 20 | 2 |
Barnstaple | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Bristol | 79 | 52 | 9 |
Exeter | 13 | 4 | 3 |
Gloucester | 27 | 15 | 4 |
Havant | 48 | 33 | 6 |
Newport IOW | 13 | 11 | 1 |
Newton Abbot | 12 | 8 | 0 |
Plymouth | 21 | 15 | 2 |
Poole | 30 | 23 | 2 |
Salisbury | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Southampton | 36 | 26 | 5 |
Swindon | 24 | 19 | 2 |
Taunton | 21 | 17 | 2 |
Truro | 16 | 9 | 4 |
Worle | 12 | 7 | 0 |
Wales | 247 | 148 | 35 |
Aberystwyth | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Caernarfon | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Cardiff | 115 | 61 | 18 |
Carmarthen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Haverfordwest | 4 | 0 | 3 |
Langstone, Newport | 45 | 33 | 3 |
Llandrindod Wells | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Llangefni | 13 | 10 | 1 |
Port Talbot | 15 | 9 | 2 |
Prestatyn | 16 | 13 | 0 |
Swansea | 9 | 3 | 4 |
Welshpool | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Wrexham | 21 | 14 | 1 |
SSCS Regional Centre Not Known | 1 | 0 | 0 |
National | 3418 | 2361 | 454 |
Employment and Support Allowance4 at December 232 | |||
Region / Venue | Total Open Caseload | Ready To List | Listed For Hearing |
London | 380 | 158 | 28 |
East London | 116 | 59 | 4 |
Enfield | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Fox Court | 149 | 47 | 17 |
Hatton Cross | 19 | 8 | 3 |
Romford | 24 | 12 | 2 |
Sutton | 70 | 32 | 2 |
Midlands | 667 | 351 | 88 |
Birmingham | 112 | 57 | 19 |
Boston | 21 | 11 | 1 |
Chesterfield | 33 | 14 | 7 |
Coventry | 48 | 29 | 5 |
Derby | 48 | 26 | 6 |
Hereford | 9 | 4 | 2 |
Kidderminster | 13 | 8 | 2 |
Leicester | 69 | 44 | 7 |
Lincoln | 17 | 8 | 1 |
Northampton | 32 | 14 | 4 |
Nottingham | 65 | 31 | 12 |
Nuneaton | 7 | 2 | 0 |
Shrewsbury | 38 | 21 | 7 |
Stoke | 49 | 29 | 0 |
Walsall | 25 | 13 | 4 |
Wellingborough | 11 | 6 | 1 |
Wolverhampton | 56 | 25 | 8 |
Worcester | 14 | 9 | 2 |
North East | 468 | 188 | 62 |
Barnsley | 18 | 7 | 5 |
Bedlington | 14 | 2 | 3 |
Bradford | 41 | 17 | 3 |
Darlington | 23 | 8 | 2 |
Doncaster | 17 | 8 | 2 |
Durham | 22 | 8 | 4 |
Gateshead | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Grimsby | 19 | 7 | 2 |
Hull | 20 | 15 | 0 |
Leeds | 20 | 7 | 1 |
Newcastle | 25 | 9 | 3 |
North Shields | 19 | 3 | 5 |
Scarborough | 12 | 4 | 4 |
Sheffield | 40 | 15 | 6 |
South Shields | 27 | 8 | 1 |
Sunderland | 38 | 20 | 3 |
Teesside | 49 | 25 | 6 |
Wakefield | 42 | 18 | 7 |
York | 17 | 7 | 5 |
North West | 323 | 82 | 72 |
Barrow | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Birkenhead | 9 | 1 | 2 |
Blackburn | 13 | 3 | 3 |
Blackpool | 13 | 1 | 4 |
Bolton | 21 | 6 | 4 |
Burnley | 7 | 0 | 3 |
Carlisle | 9 | 1 | 1 |
Chester | 25 | 5 | 6 |
Lancaster | 7 | 3 | 0 |
Liverpool | 38 | 16 | 7 |
Manchester | 50 | 15 | 12 |
Preston | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Rochdale | 28 | 6 | 5 |
St Helens | 21 | 1 | 2 |
Stockport | 40 | 17 | 9 |
Wigan | 24 | 4 | 9 |
Workington | 9 | 1 | 3 |
Scotland | 214 | 20 | 70 |
Aberdeen | 13 | 0 | 3 |
Ayr | 17 | 1 | 6 |
Campbeltown Centre | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dumfries (Cairndale) | 9 | 0 | 7 |
Dundee | 12 | 0 | 3 |
Dunfermline | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Edinburgh | 27 | 1 | 15 |
Galashiels | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Glasgow | 50 | 6 | 18 |
Greenock | 12 | 3 | 0 |
Hamilton | 19 | 3 | 3 |
Inverness | 14 | 0 | 6 |
Kilmarnock | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Kirkcaldy | 8 | 2 | 2 |
Lerwick | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Stirling | 17 | 2 | 4 |
South East | 420 | 209 | 48 |
Ashford | 20 | 10 | 1 |
Basildon | 16 | 7 | 2 |
Bedford | 13 | 7 | 1 |
Brighton | 39 | 20 | 6 |
Cambridge | 11 | 5 | 1 |
Chatham | 16 | 8 | 3 |
Chelmsford | 37 | 18 | 3 |
Eastbourne | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Hastings | 9 | 3 | 4 |
High Wycombe | 19 | 8 | 1 |
Ipswich | 25 | 14 | 1 |
Kings Lynn | 15 | 7 | 3 |
Luton | 22 | 13 | 1 |
Margate | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Milton Keynes | 9 | 5 | 1 |
Norwich | 36 | 17 | 5 |
Oxford | 21 | 13 | 3 |
Peterborough | 32 | 12 | 3 |
Reading | 34 | 19 | 4 |
Southend | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Stevenage | 9 | 6 | 1 |
Watford | 29 | 12 | 4 |
South West | 490 | 295 | 15 |
Unallocated 3 | 14 | 8 | 3 |
Aldershot | 31 | 24 | 0 |
Barnstaple | 6 | 4 | 0 |
Bristol | 80 | 42 | 4 |
Exeter | 12 | 5 | 1 |
Gloucester | 35 | 21 | 0 |
Havant | 65 | 43 | 1 |
Newport IOW | 27 | 21 | 2 |
Newton Abbot | 26 | 15 | 0 |
Plymouth | 31 | 19 | 0 |
Poole | 32 | 25 | 1 |
Salisbury | 7 | 3 | 0 |
Southampton | 49 | 26 | 1 |
Swindon | 17 | 8 | 2 |
Taunton | 22 | 12 | 0 |
Truro | 21 | 12 | 0 |
Worle | 15 | 7 | 0 |
Wales | 434 | 278 | 13 |
Aberystwyth | 10 | 5 | 3 |
Caernarfon | 10 | 6 | 1 |
Cardiff | 155 | 108 | 3 |
Carmarthen | 10 | 6 | 0 |
Haverfordwest | 13 | 8 | 0 |
Langstone, Newport | 88 | 55 | 1 |
Llandrindod Wells | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Llangefni | 23 | 15 | 0 |
Port Talbot | 37 | 26 | 0 |
Prestatyn | 24 | 14 | 2 |
Swansea | 27 | 11 | 0 |
Welshpool | 13 | 6 | 3 |
Wrexham | 23 | 17 | 0 |
SSCS Regional Centre Not Known | 3 | 0 | 2 |
National | 3399 | 1581 | 398 |
Universal Credit5 at December 232 | |||
Region / Venue | Total Open Caseload | Ready To List | Listed For Hearing |
London | 2659 | 1361 | 215 |
East London | 566 | 294 | 57 |
Enfield | 8 | 2 | 1 |
Fox Court | 1468 | 754 | 94 |
Hatton Cross | 102 | 40 | 13 |
Romford | 169 | 85 | 34 |
Sutton | 346 | 186 | 16 |
Midlands | 2602 | 1489 | 406 |
Birmingham | 713 | 381 | 142 |
Boston | 51 | 34 | 7 |
Chesterfield | 62 | 34 | 11 |
Coventry | 202 | 125 | 14 |
Derby | 159 | 87 | 31 |
Hereford | 21 | 16 | 0 |
Kidderminster | 20 | 15 | 2 |
Leicester | 265 | 160 | 29 |
Lincoln | 123 | 74 | 19 |
Northampton | 126 | 82 | 16 |
Nottingham | 253 | 148 | 50 |
Nuneaton | 11 | 7 | 0 |
Shrewsbury | 78 | 45 | 7 |
Stoke | 99 | 55 | 9 |
Walsall | 116 | 64 | 15 |
Wellingborough | 43 | 29 | 6 |
Wolverhampton | 218 | 109 | 44 |
Worcester | 42 | 24 | 4 |
North East | 2007 | 1012 | 385 |
Barnsley | 55 | 26 | 13 |
Bedlington | 46 | 20 | 15 |
Berwick | 5 | 3 | 0 |
Bradford | 208 | 118 | 30 |
Darlington | 70 | 26 | 19 |
Doncaster | 84 | 31 | 18 |
Durham | 40 | 17 | 7 |
Gateshead | 24 | 11 | 10 |
Grimsby | 69 | 41 | 11 |
Huddersfield | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Hull | 108 | 62 | 16 |
Leeds | 173 | 68 | 30 |
Newcastle | 229 | 109 | 48 |
North Shields | 45 | 16 | 9 |
Scarborough | 49 | 24 | 15 |
Sheffield | 160 | 67 | 40 |
South Shields | 71 | 40 | 13 |
Sunderland | 124 | 79 | 12 |
Teesside | 227 | 137 | 37 |
Wakefield | 170 | 88 | 32 |
York | 47 | 29 | 10 |
North West | 1512 | 572 | 308 |
Barrow | 12 | 6 | 1 |
Birkenhead | 34 | 15 | 5 |
Blackburn | 33 | 15 | 2 |
Blackpool | 54 | 13 | 10 |
Bolton | 107 | 32 | 24 |
Burnley | 65 | 29 | 8 |
Carlisle | 29 | 14 | 4 |
Chester | 61 | 17 | 6 |
Lancaster | 27 | 13 | 3 |
Liverpool | 179 | 49 | 34 |
Manchester | 467 | 226 | 112 |
Preston | 35 | 7 | 8 |
Rochdale | 91 | 23 | 17 |
St Helens | 79 | 34 | 13 |
Stockport | 141 | 45 | 43 |
Wigan | 85 | 29 | 17 |
Workington | 13 | 5 | 1 |
Scotland | 658 | 187 | 219 |
Aberdeen | 33 | 8 | 15 |
Ayr | 40 | 12 | 13 |
Dumfries (Cairndale) | 13 | 1 | 5 |
Dundee | 44 | 10 | 13 |
Dunfermline | 14 | 3 | 2 |
Edinburgh | 120 | 31 | 40 |
Galashiels | 14 | 6 | 3 |
Glasgow | 206 | 64 | 71 |
Greenock | 25 | 6 | 10 |
Hamilton | 59 | 17 | 19 |
Inverness | 22 | 3 | 9 |
Kilmarnock | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Kirkcaldy | 22 | 9 | 4 |
Kirkwall | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Lerwick | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Lewis | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Oban | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Stirling | 29 | 13 | 9 |
Stranraer | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Wick | 4 | 1 | 1 |
South East | 2002 | 1053 | 321 |
Ashford | 117 | 47 | 28 |
Basildon | 70 | 24 | 19 |
Bedford | 48 | 30 | 6 |
Brighton | 173 | 76 | 35 |
Cambridge | 68 | 33 | 11 |
Chatham | 70 | 27 | 21 |
Chelmsford | 107 | 62 | 11 |
Eastbourne | 26 | 15 | 3 |
Hastings | 43 | 27 | 8 |
High Wycombe | 125 | 70 | 14 |
Ipswich | 89 | 54 | 8 |
Kings Lynn | 36 | 18 | 12 |
Luton | 110 | 65 | 16 |
Margate | 39 | 18 | 8 |
Milton Keynes | 48 | 27 | 6 |
Norwich | 145 | 86 | 22 |
Oxford | 111 | 66 | 13 |
Peterborough | 91 | 45 | 14 |
Reading | 141 | 73 | 21 |
Southend | 65 | 37 | 16 |
Stevenage | 45 | 27 | 2 |
Watford | 235 | 126 | 27 |
South West | 1744 | 1121 | 65 |
Unallocated 3 | 43 | 26 | 2 |
Aldershot | 120 | 74 | 5 |
Barnstaple | 24 | 15 | 0 |
Bristol | 342 | 219 | 11 |
Exeter | 59 | 32 | 0 |
Gloucester | 136 | 99 | 7 |
Havant | 187 | 133 | 5 |
Newport IOW | 49 | 35 | 4 |
Newton Abbot | 61 | 34 | 4 |
Plymouth | 84 | 52 | 0 |
Poole | 159 | 96 | 9 |
Salisbury | 15 | 6 | 1 |
Southampton | 162 | 106 | 5 |
Swindon | 108 | 71 | 5 |
Taunton | 71 | 42 | 0 |
Truro | 87 | 58 | 3 |
Worle | 37 | 23 | 4 |
Wales | 1019 | 712 | 62 |
Aberystwyth | 16 | 8 | 1 |
Caernarfon | 53 | 32 | 6 |
Cardiff | 389 | 277 | 18 |
Carmarthen | 20 | 14 | 0 |
Haverfordwest | 28 | 19 | 1 |
Langstone, Newport | 179 | 133 | 9 |
Llandrindod Wells | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Llangefni | 27 | 20 | 1 |
Port Talbot | 91 | 68 | 3 |
Prestatyn | 74 | 46 | 9 |
Swansea | 58 | 43 | 3 |
Welshpool | 14 | 8 | 3 |
Wrexham | 67 | 41 | 8 |
National | 14203 | 7507 | 1981 |
From April 2023 the SSCS Tribunal started to list cases using a new Scheduling and Listing solution. This, alongside HMCTS migrating to a new Strategic Data Platform, has resulted in some cases heard and decided using this new listing solution not currently being included in the data above.
1. Personal Independence Payment (New Claim Appeals) which replaces Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013, also includes Personal Independence Clams (Reassessments)
2. Data pulled 23/4/2024
3. Unallocated relates to appeals that have not yet been allocated to a venue.
4. Data includes Employment and Support Allowance and Incapacity Benefit reassessment. Employment and Support Allowance was introduced in October 2008 and Incapacity Benefit reassessment followed in October 2010.
5. Universal Credit was introduced on 29 April 2013 in selected areas of Greater Manchester and Cheshire, and has been gradually rolled out to the rest of the UK from October 2013.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that the data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when data are used.
Management information reflects the data held on the case management system, which is subject to change, and can differ from the quality-assured MOJ official statistics, which form the agreed definitive position.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that the data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when data are used.
Asked by: Angela Eagle (Labour - Wallasey)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals relating to Disability Living Allowance claims are awaiting a hearing (a) nationally, (b) by region, (c) by Tribunal Office and (d) by hearing venue; what the average length of time between such appeals being (i) lodged and (ii) heard is (A) nationally, (B) by region, (C) by Tribunal Office and (D) by hearing venue; and in how many cases the length of time waited has exceeded this average (1) nationally, (2) by region, (3) by Tribunal Office and (4) by hearing venue as of 22 April 2024.
Answered by Mike Freer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
The tables below set out the number of Personal Independence Payment, Disability Living Allowance, Employment Support Allowance and Universal Credit appeals awaiting a hearing (a) nationally, (b) by region, and (d) by hearing venue as at end of December 2023 (the latest period for which data are available). There are no separate data collated at (c) tribunal office level.
Information about the average length of time between appeals being lodged and heard; and in how many case the length of time waited has exceeded this average is not held centrally.
Personal Independence Payment1 at December 232 | |||
Region / Venue | Total Open Caseload | Ready To List | Listed For Hearing |
London | 6804 | 3861 | 980 |
Bexleyheath | 1 | 1 | 0 |
East London | 1543 | 905 | 234 |
Enfield | 27 | 11 | 3 |
Fox Court | 3318 | 1846 | 483 |
Hatton Cross | 243 | 98 | 72 |
Romford | 512 | 353 | 67 |
Sutton | 1160 | 647 | 121 |
Midlands | 9330 | 5052 | 1369 |
Birmingham | 1984 | 1007 | 354 |
Boston | 202 | 134 | 25 |
Chesterfield | 457 | 255 | 57 |
Coventry | 698 | 442 | 71 |
Derby | 701 | 417 | 91 |
Hereford | 101 | 43 | 20 |
Kidderminster | 144 | 60 | 30 |
Leicester | 813 | 415 | 108 |
Lincoln | 427 | 258 | 46 |
Northampton | 488 | 328 | 56 |
Nottingham | 1135 | 610 | 168 |
Nuneaton | 99 | 58 | 13 |
Shrewsbury | 333 | 185 | 46 |
Stoke | 427 | 228 | 63 |
Walsall | 316 | 136 | 66 |
Wellingborough | 196 | 114 | 22 |
Wolverhampton | 637 | 262 | 110 |
Worcester | 172 | 100 | 23 |
North East | 7061 | 3468 | 1316 |
Barnsley | 193 | 71 | 38 |
Bedlington | 159 | 66 | 44 |
Berwick | 14 | 6 | 3 |
Bradford | 691 | 334 | 131 |
Darlington | 356 | 195 | 49 |
Doncaster | 316 | 142 | 51 |
Durham | 333 | 169 | 77 |
Gateshead | 78 | 33 | 21 |
Grimsby | 186 | 80 | 37 |
Huddersfield | 32 | 10 | 8 |
Hull | 342 | 181 | 65 |
Leeds | 514 | 165 | 132 |
Newcastle | 332 | 122 | 80 |
North Shields | 134 | 34 | 46 |
Scarborough | 158 | 75 | 29 |
Sheffield | 737 | 381 | 119 |
South Shields | 233 | 112 | 53 |
Sunderland | 545 | 349 | 53 |
Teesside | 871 | 581 | 85 |
Wakefield | 687 | 322 | 138 |
York | 150 | 40 | 57 |
North West | 7362 | 4250 | 1066 |
Barrow | 84 | 53 | 10 |
Birkenhead | 355 | 223 | 43 |
Blackburn | 311 | 180 | 58 |
Blackpool | 355 | 189 | 69 |
Bolton | 414 | 231 | 69 |
Burnley | 263 | 151 | 31 |
Carlisle | 165 | 86 | 32 |
Chester | 500 | 315 | 65 |
Lancaster | 105 | 66 | 1 |
Liverpool | 1023 | 495 | 155 |
Manchester | 1319 | 821 | 164 |
Preston | 248 | 123 | 58 |
Rochdale | 436 | 216 | 90 |
St Helens | 512 | 301 | 73 |
Stockport | 699 | 451 | 68 |
Wigan | 427 | 267 | 49 |
Workington | 146 | 82 | 31 |
Scotland | 263 | 68 | 114 |
Aberdeen | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Ayr | 11 | 1 | 4 |
Dumfries (Cairndale) | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Dundee | 6 | 0 | 2 |
Dunfermline | 7 | 3 | 3 |
Edinburgh | 70 | 19 | 36 |
Galashiels | 6 | 1 | 3 |
Glasgow | 89 | 24 | 36 |
Greenock | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Hamilton | 24 | 3 | 6 |
Inverness | 7 | 4 | 1 |
Kilmarnock | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Kirkcaldy | 22 | 8 | 11 |
Oban | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Stirling | 4 | 0 | 2 |
Stranraer | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Wick | 1 | 0 | 1 |
South East | 7696 | 4930 | 574 |
Ashford | 556 | 349 | 38 |
Basildon | 264 | 144 | 43 |
Bedford | 200 | 133 | 17 |
Brighton | 842 | 541 | 40 |
Cambridge | 238 | 122 | 30 |
Chatham | 466 | 355 | 23 |
Chelmsford | 408 | 265 | 33 |
Eastbourne | 98 | 64 | 8 |
Hastings | 243 | 177 | 10 |
High Wycombe | 321 | 192 | 32 |
Ipswich | 411 | 283 | 22 |
Kings Lynn | 181 | 91 | 13 |
Luton | 363 | 229 | 16 |
Margate | 257 | 162 | 20 |
Milton Keynes | 212 | 119 | 27 |
Norwich | 659 | 470 | 43 |
Oxford | 311 | 216 | 27 |
Peterborough | 307 | 165 | 33 |
Reading | 361 | 224 | 21 |
Southend | 95 | 33 | 21 |
Stevenage | 163 | 94 | 14 |
Watford | 740 | 502 | 43 |
South West | 5916 | 3428 | 625 |
Unallocated 3 | 177 | 115 | 11 |
Aldershot | 289 | 162 | 38 |
Barnstaple | 80 | 36 | 8 |
Bristol | 1167 | 724 | 122 |
Exeter | 224 | 80 | 49 |
Gloucester | 432 | 257 | 38 |
Havant | 657 | 440 | 45 |
Newport IOW | 222 | 153 | 13 |
Newton Abbot | 246 | 126 | 29 |
Plymouth | 384 | 193 | 55 |
Poole | 441 | 249 | 49 |
Salisbury | 46 | 10 | 10 |
Southampton | 606 | 401 | 40 |
Swindon | 320 | 218 | 23 |
Taunton | 239 | 134 | 24 |
Truro | 255 | 68 | 59 |
Worle | 131 | 62 | 12 |
Wales | 4181 | 2180 | 514 |
Aberystwyth | 49 | 24 | 6 |
Caernarfon | 101 | 23 | 15 |
Cardiff | 1746 | 949 | 250 |
Carmarthen | 72 | 15 | 19 |
Haverfordwest | 105 | 39 | 16 |
Langstone, Newport | 793 | 459 | 76 |
Llandrindod Wells | 32 | 16 | 8 |
Llangefni | 199 | 121 | 18 |
Port Talbot | 305 | 112 | 35 |
Prestatyn | 277 | 170 | 13 |
Swansea | 194 | 75 | 25 |
Welshpool | 52 | 31 | 8 |
Wrexham | 256 | 146 | 25 |
SSCS Regional Centre Not Known | 10 | 4 | 0 |
National | 48623 | 27241 | 6558 |
Disability Living Allowance at December 232 | |||
Region / Venue | Total Open Caseload | Ready To List | Listed For Hearing |
London | 592 | 426 | 73 |
East London | 149 | 114 | 22 |
Enfield | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Fox Court | 264 | 180 | 36 |
Hatton Cross | 20 | 14 | 3 |
Romford | 54 | 41 | 4 |
Sutton | 103 | 75 | 8 |
Midlands | 597 | 394 | 91 |
Birmingham | 164 | 84 | 39 |
Boston | 10 | 9 | 0 |
Chesterfield | 26 | 20 | 2 |
Coventry | 46 | 35 | 4 |
Derby | 40 | 32 | 5 |
Hereford | 7 | 5 | 0 |
Kidderminster | 11 | 8 | 1 |
Leicester | 43 | 32 | 8 |
Lincoln | 36 | 25 | 1 |
Northampton | 26 | 19 | 4 |
Nottingham | 63 | 41 | 10 |
Nuneaton | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Shrewsbury | 20 | 15 | 3 |
Stoke | 30 | 23 | 4 |
Walsall | 19 | 10 | 1 |
Wellingborough | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Wolverhampton | 34 | 17 | 8 |
Worcester | 8 | 7 | 0 |
North East | 489 | 326 | 68 |
Barnsley | 15 | 9 | 2 |
Bedlington | 9 | 7 | 0 |
Bradford | 54 | 36 | 8 |
Darlington | 29 | 20 | 4 |
Doncaster | 14 | 5 | 2 |
Durham | 20 | 15 | 4 |
Gateshead | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Grimsby | 12 | 5 | 4 |
Huddersfield | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Hull | 23 | 16 | 5 |
Leeds | 30 | 8 | 12 |
Newcastle | 16 | 7 | 5 |
North Shields | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Scarborough | 9 | 5 | 2 |
Sheffield | 71 | 52 | 3 |
South Shields | 19 | 11 | 4 |
Sunderland | 40 | 29 | 3 |
Teesside | 67 | 61 | 1 |
Wakefield | 47 | 32 | 6 |
York | 7 | 4 | 2 |
North West | 535 | 372 | 87 |
Barrow | 5 | 4 | 0 |
Birkenhead | 32 | 19 | 7 |
Blackburn | 26 | 17 | 6 |
Blackpool | 19 | 10 | 2 |
Bolton | 30 | 20 | 5 |
Burnley | 14 | 11 | 2 |
Carlisle | 9 | 3 | 4 |
Chester | 20 | 14 | 4 |
Lancaster | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Liverpool | 70 | 45 | 12 |
Manchester | 113 | 89 | 14 |
Preston | 14 | 9 | 2 |
Rochdale | 40 | 25 | 10 |
St Helens | 42 | 27 | 9 |
Stockport | 60 | 49 | 4 |
Wigan | 31 | 21 | 6 |
Workington | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Scotland | 8 | 2 | 3 |
Ayr | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Dundee | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Edinburgh | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Glasgow | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Inverness | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Kirkcaldy | 1 | 1 | 0 |
South East | 555 | 427 | 52 |
Ashford | 33 | 24 | 3 |
Basildon | 25 | 15 | 5 |
Bedford | 20 | 16 | 1 |
Brighton | 46 | 36 | 2 |
Cambridge | 10 | 4 | 6 |
Chatham | 47 | 41 | 4 |
Chelmsford | 38 | 28 | 4 |
Eastbourne | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Hastings | 13 | 10 | 1 |
High Wycombe | 27 | 18 | 5 |
Ipswich | 30 | 23 | 2 |
Kings Lynn | 12 | 10 | 2 |
Luton | 27 | 26 | 0 |
Margate | 15 | 14 | 1 |
Milton Keynes | 14 | 8 | 3 |
Norwich | 46 | 37 | 3 |
Oxford | 23 | 18 | 1 |
Peterborough | 19 | 14 | 3 |
Reading | 26 | 23 | 0 |
Southend | 8 | 4 | 3 |
Stevenage | 12 | 8 | 1 |
Watford | 60 | 47 | 2 |
South West | 394 | 266 | 45 |
Unallocated 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
Aldershot | 26 | 20 | 2 |
Barnstaple | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Bristol | 79 | 52 | 9 |
Exeter | 13 | 4 | 3 |
Gloucester | 27 | 15 | 4 |
Havant | 48 | 33 | 6 |
Newport IOW | 13 | 11 | 1 |
Newton Abbot | 12 | 8 | 0 |
Plymouth | 21 | 15 | 2 |
Poole | 30 | 23 | 2 |
Salisbury | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Southampton | 36 | 26 | 5 |
Swindon | 24 | 19 | 2 |
Taunton | 21 | 17 | 2 |
Truro | 16 | 9 | 4 |
Worle | 12 | 7 | 0 |
Wales | 247 | 148 | 35 |
Aberystwyth | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Caernarfon | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Cardiff | 115 | 61 | 18 |
Carmarthen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Haverfordwest | 4 | 0 | 3 |
Langstone, Newport | 45 | 33 | 3 |
Llandrindod Wells | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Llangefni | 13 | 10 | 1 |
Port Talbot | 15 | 9 | 2 |
Prestatyn | 16 | 13 | 0 |
Swansea | 9 | 3 | 4 |
Welshpool | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Wrexham | 21 | 14 | 1 |
SSCS Regional Centre Not Known | 1 | 0 | 0 |
National | 3418 | 2361 | 454 |
Employment and Support Allowance4 at December 232 | |||
Region / Venue | Total Open Caseload | Ready To List | Listed For Hearing |
London | 380 | 158 | 28 |
East London | 116 | 59 | 4 |
Enfield | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Fox Court | 149 | 47 | 17 |
Hatton Cross | 19 | 8 | 3 |
Romford | 24 | 12 | 2 |
Sutton | 70 | 32 | 2 |
Midlands | 667 | 351 | 88 |
Birmingham | 112 | 57 | 19 |
Boston | 21 | 11 | 1 |
Chesterfield | 33 | 14 | 7 |
Coventry | 48 | 29 | 5 |
Derby | 48 | 26 | 6 |
Hereford | 9 | 4 | 2 |
Kidderminster | 13 | 8 | 2 |
Leicester | 69 | 44 | 7 |
Lincoln | 17 | 8 | 1 |
Northampton | 32 | 14 | 4 |
Nottingham | 65 | 31 | 12 |
Nuneaton | 7 | 2 | 0 |
Shrewsbury | 38 | 21 | 7 |
Stoke | 49 | 29 | 0 |
Walsall | 25 | 13 | 4 |
Wellingborough | 11 | 6 | 1 |
Wolverhampton | 56 | 25 | 8 |
Worcester | 14 | 9 | 2 |
North East | 468 | 188 | 62 |
Barnsley | 18 | 7 | 5 |
Bedlington | 14 | 2 | 3 |
Bradford | 41 | 17 | 3 |
Darlington | 23 | 8 | 2 |
Doncaster | 17 | 8 | 2 |
Durham | 22 | 8 | 4 |
Gateshead | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Grimsby | 19 | 7 | 2 |
Hull | 20 | 15 | 0 |
Leeds | 20 | 7 | 1 |
Newcastle | 25 | 9 | 3 |
North Shields | 19 | 3 | 5 |
Scarborough | 12 | 4 | 4 |
Sheffield | 40 | 15 | 6 |
South Shields | 27 | 8 | 1 |
Sunderland | 38 | 20 | 3 |
Teesside | 49 | 25 | 6 |
Wakefield | 42 | 18 | 7 |
York | 17 | 7 | 5 |
North West | 323 | 82 | 72 |
Barrow | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Birkenhead | 9 | 1 | 2 |
Blackburn | 13 | 3 | 3 |
Blackpool | 13 | 1 | 4 |
Bolton | 21 | 6 | 4 |
Burnley | 7 | 0 | 3 |
Carlisle | 9 | 1 | 1 |
Chester | 25 | 5 | 6 |
Lancaster | 7 | 3 | 0 |
Liverpool | 38 | 16 | 7 |
Manchester | 50 | 15 | 12 |
Preston | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Rochdale | 28 | 6 | 5 |
St Helens | 21 | 1 | 2 |
Stockport | 40 | 17 | 9 |
Wigan | 24 | 4 | 9 |
Workington | 9 | 1 | 3 |
Scotland | 214 | 20 | 70 |
Aberdeen | 13 | 0 | 3 |
Ayr | 17 | 1 | 6 |
Campbeltown Centre | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dumfries (Cairndale) | 9 | 0 | 7 |
Dundee | 12 | 0 | 3 |
Dunfermline | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Edinburgh | 27 | 1 | 15 |
Galashiels | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Glasgow | 50 | 6 | 18 |
Greenock | 12 | 3 | 0 |
Hamilton | 19 | 3 | 3 |
Inverness | 14 | 0 | 6 |
Kilmarnock | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Kirkcaldy | 8 | 2 | 2 |
Lerwick | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Stirling | 17 | 2 | 4 |
South East | 420 | 209 | 48 |
Ashford | 20 | 10 | 1 |
Basildon | 16 | 7 | 2 |
Bedford | 13 | 7 | 1 |
Brighton | 39 | 20 | 6 |
Cambridge | 11 | 5 | 1 |
Chatham | 16 | 8 | 3 |
Chelmsford | 37 | 18 | 3 |
Eastbourne | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Hastings | 9 | 3 | 4 |
High Wycombe | 19 | 8 | 1 |
Ipswich | 25 | 14 | 1 |
Kings Lynn | 15 | 7 | 3 |
Luton | 22 | 13 | 1 |
Margate | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Milton Keynes | 9 | 5 | 1 |
Norwich | 36 | 17 | 5 |
Oxford | 21 | 13 | 3 |
Peterborough | 32 | 12 | 3 |
Reading | 34 | 19 | 4 |
Southend | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Stevenage | 9 | 6 | 1 |
Watford | 29 | 12 | 4 |
South West | 490 | 295 | 15 |
Unallocated 3 | 14 | 8 | 3 |
Aldershot | 31 | 24 | 0 |
Barnstaple | 6 | 4 | 0 |
Bristol | 80 | 42 | 4 |
Exeter | 12 | 5 | 1 |
Gloucester | 35 | 21 | 0 |
Havant | 65 | 43 | 1 |
Newport IOW | 27 | 21 | 2 |
Newton Abbot | 26 | 15 | 0 |
Plymouth | 31 | 19 | 0 |
Poole | 32 | 25 | 1 |
Salisbury | 7 | 3 | 0 |
Southampton | 49 | 26 | 1 |
Swindon | 17 | 8 | 2 |
Taunton | 22 | 12 | 0 |
Truro | 21 | 12 | 0 |
Worle | 15 | 7 | 0 |
Wales | 434 | 278 | 13 |
Aberystwyth | 10 | 5 | 3 |
Caernarfon | 10 | 6 | 1 |
Cardiff | 155 | 108 | 3 |
Carmarthen | 10 | 6 | 0 |
Haverfordwest | 13 | 8 | 0 |
Langstone, Newport | 88 | 55 | 1 |
Llandrindod Wells | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Llangefni | 23 | 15 | 0 |
Port Talbot | 37 | 26 | 0 |
Prestatyn | 24 | 14 | 2 |
Swansea | 27 | 11 | 0 |
Welshpool | 13 | 6 | 3 |
Wrexham | 23 | 17 | 0 |
SSCS Regional Centre Not Known | 3 | 0 | 2 |
National | 3399 | 1581 | 398 |
Universal Credit5 at December 232 | |||
Region / Venue | Total Open Caseload | Ready To List | Listed For Hearing |
London | 2659 | 1361 | 215 |
East London | 566 | 294 | 57 |
Enfield | 8 | 2 | 1 |
Fox Court | 1468 | 754 | 94 |
Hatton Cross | 102 | 40 | 13 |
Romford | 169 | 85 | 34 |
Sutton | 346 | 186 | 16 |
Midlands | 2602 | 1489 | 406 |
Birmingham | 713 | 381 | 142 |
Boston | 51 | 34 | 7 |
Chesterfield | 62 | 34 | 11 |
Coventry | 202 | 125 | 14 |
Derby | 159 | 87 | 31 |
Hereford | 21 | 16 | 0 |
Kidderminster | 20 | 15 | 2 |
Leicester | 265 | 160 | 29 |
Lincoln | 123 | 74 | 19 |
Northampton | 126 | 82 | 16 |
Nottingham | 253 | 148 | 50 |
Nuneaton | 11 | 7 | 0 |
Shrewsbury | 78 | 45 | 7 |
Stoke | 99 | 55 | 9 |
Walsall | 116 | 64 | 15 |
Wellingborough | 43 | 29 | 6 |
Wolverhampton | 218 | 109 | 44 |
Worcester | 42 | 24 | 4 |
North East | 2007 | 1012 | 385 |
Barnsley | 55 | 26 | 13 |
Bedlington | 46 | 20 | 15 |
Berwick | 5 | 3 | 0 |
Bradford | 208 | 118 | 30 |
Darlington | 70 | 26 | 19 |
Doncaster | 84 | 31 | 18 |
Durham | 40 | 17 | 7 |
Gateshead | 24 | 11 | 10 |
Grimsby | 69 | 41 | 11 |
Huddersfield | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Hull | 108 | 62 | 16 |
Leeds | 173 | 68 | 30 |
Newcastle | 229 | 109 | 48 |
North Shields | 45 | 16 | 9 |
Scarborough | 49 | 24 | 15 |
Sheffield | 160 | 67 | 40 |
South Shields | 71 | 40 | 13 |
Sunderland | 124 | 79 | 12 |
Teesside | 227 | 137 | 37 |
Wakefield | 170 | 88 | 32 |
York | 47 | 29 | 10 |
North West | 1512 | 572 | 308 |
Barrow | 12 | 6 | 1 |
Birkenhead | 34 | 15 | 5 |
Blackburn | 33 | 15 | 2 |
Blackpool | 54 | 13 | 10 |
Bolton | 107 | 32 | 24 |
Burnley | 65 | 29 | 8 |
Carlisle | 29 | 14 | 4 |
Chester | 61 | 17 | 6 |
Lancaster | 27 | 13 | 3 |
Liverpool | 179 | 49 | 34 |
Manchester | 467 | 226 | 112 |
Preston | 35 | 7 | 8 |
Rochdale | 91 | 23 | 17 |
St Helens | 79 | 34 | 13 |
Stockport | 141 | 45 | 43 |
Wigan | 85 | 29 | 17 |
Workington | 13 | 5 | 1 |
Scotland | 658 | 187 | 219 |
Aberdeen | 33 | 8 | 15 |
Ayr | 40 | 12 | 13 |
Dumfries (Cairndale) | 13 | 1 | 5 |
Dundee | 44 | 10 | 13 |
Dunfermline | 14 | 3 | 2 |
Edinburgh | 120 | 31 | 40 |
Galashiels | 14 | 6 | 3 |
Glasgow | 206 | 64 | 71 |
Greenock | 25 | 6 | 10 |
Hamilton | 59 | 17 | 19 |
Inverness | 22 | 3 | 9 |
Kilmarnock | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Kirkcaldy | 22 | 9 | 4 |
Kirkwall | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Lerwick | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Lewis | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Oban | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Stirling | 29 | 13 | 9 |
Stranraer | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Wick | 4 | 1 | 1 |
South East | 2002 | 1053 | 321 |
Ashford | 117 | 47 | 28 |
Basildon | 70 | 24 | 19 |
Bedford | 48 | 30 | 6 |
Brighton | 173 | 76 | 35 |
Cambridge | 68 | 33 | 11 |
Chatham | 70 | 27 | 21 |
Chelmsford | 107 | 62 | 11 |
Eastbourne | 26 | 15 | 3 |
Hastings | 43 | 27 | 8 |
High Wycombe | 125 | 70 | 14 |
Ipswich | 89 | 54 | 8 |
Kings Lynn | 36 | 18 | 12 |
Luton | 110 | 65 | 16 |
Margate | 39 | 18 | 8 |
Milton Keynes | 48 | 27 | 6 |
Norwich | 145 | 86 | 22 |
Oxford | 111 | 66 | 13 |
Peterborough | 91 | 45 | 14 |
Reading | 141 | 73 | 21 |
Southend | 65 | 37 | 16 |
Stevenage | 45 | 27 | 2 |
Watford | 235 | 126 | 27 |
South West | 1744 | 1121 | 65 |
Unallocated 3 | 43 | 26 | 2 |
Aldershot | 120 | 74 | 5 |
Barnstaple | 24 | 15 | 0 |
Bristol | 342 | 219 | 11 |
Exeter | 59 | 32 | 0 |
Gloucester | 136 | 99 | 7 |
Havant | 187 | 133 | 5 |
Newport IOW | 49 | 35 | 4 |
Newton Abbot | 61 | 34 | 4 |
Plymouth | 84 | 52 | 0 |
Poole | 159 | 96 | 9 |
Salisbury | 15 | 6 | 1 |
Southampton | 162 | 106 | 5 |
Swindon | 108 | 71 | 5 |
Taunton | 71 | 42 | 0 |
Truro | 87 | 58 | 3 |
Worle | 37 | 23 | 4 |
Wales | 1019 | 712 | 62 |
Aberystwyth | 16 | 8 | 1 |
Caernarfon | 53 | 32 | 6 |
Cardiff | 389 | 277 | 18 |
Carmarthen | 20 | 14 | 0 |
Haverfordwest | 28 | 19 | 1 |
Langstone, Newport | 179 | 133 | 9 |
Llandrindod Wells | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Llangefni | 27 | 20 | 1 |
Port Talbot | 91 | 68 | 3 |
Prestatyn | 74 | 46 | 9 |
Swansea | 58 | 43 | 3 |
Welshpool | 14 | 8 | 3 |
Wrexham | 67 | 41 | 8 |
National | 14203 | 7507 | 1981 |
From April 2023 the SSCS Tribunal started to list cases using a new Scheduling and Listing solution. This, alongside HMCTS migrating to a new Strategic Data Platform, has resulted in some cases heard and decided using this new listing solution not currently being included in the data above.
1. Personal Independence Payment (New Claim Appeals) which replaces Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013, also includes Personal Independence Clams (Reassessments)
2. Data pulled 23/4/2024
3. Unallocated relates to appeals that have not yet been allocated to a venue.
4. Data includes Employment and Support Allowance and Incapacity Benefit reassessment. Employment and Support Allowance was introduced in October 2008 and Incapacity Benefit reassessment followed in October 2010.
5. Universal Credit was introduced on 29 April 2013 in selected areas of Greater Manchester and Cheshire, and has been gradually rolled out to the rest of the UK from October 2013.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that the data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when data are used.
Management information reflects the data held on the case management system, which is subject to change, and can differ from the quality-assured MOJ official statistics, which form the agreed definitive position.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that the data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when data are used.
Asked by: Angela Eagle (Labour - Wallasey)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals relating to Universal Credit claims are awaiting a hearing (a) nationally, (b) by region, (c) by Tribunal Office and (d) by hearing venue; what the average length of time between such appeals being (i) lodged and (ii) heard is (A) nationally, (B) by region, (C) by Tribunal Office and (D) by hearing venue; and in how many cases the length of time waited has exceeded this average (1) nationally, (2) by region, (3) by Tribunal Office and (4) by hearing venue as of 22 April 2024.
Answered by Mike Freer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
The tables below set out the number of Personal Independence Payment, Disability Living Allowance, Employment Support Allowance and Universal Credit appeals awaiting a hearing (a) nationally, (b) by region, and (d) by hearing venue as at end of December 2023 (the latest period for which data are available). There are no separate data collated at (c) tribunal office level.
Information about the average length of time between appeals being lodged and heard; and in how many case the length of time waited has exceeded this average is not held centrally.
Personal Independence Payment1 at December 232 | |||
Region / Venue | Total Open Caseload | Ready To List | Listed For Hearing |
London | 6804 | 3861 | 980 |
Bexleyheath | 1 | 1 | 0 |
East London | 1543 | 905 | 234 |
Enfield | 27 | 11 | 3 |
Fox Court | 3318 | 1846 | 483 |
Hatton Cross | 243 | 98 | 72 |
Romford | 512 | 353 | 67 |
Sutton | 1160 | 647 | 121 |
Midlands | 9330 | 5052 | 1369 |
Birmingham | 1984 | 1007 | 354 |
Boston | 202 | 134 | 25 |
Chesterfield | 457 | 255 | 57 |
Coventry | 698 | 442 | 71 |
Derby | 701 | 417 | 91 |
Hereford | 101 | 43 | 20 |
Kidderminster | 144 | 60 | 30 |
Leicester | 813 | 415 | 108 |
Lincoln | 427 | 258 | 46 |
Northampton | 488 | 328 | 56 |
Nottingham | 1135 | 610 | 168 |
Nuneaton | 99 | 58 | 13 |
Shrewsbury | 333 | 185 | 46 |
Stoke | 427 | 228 | 63 |
Walsall | 316 | 136 | 66 |
Wellingborough | 196 | 114 | 22 |
Wolverhampton | 637 | 262 | 110 |
Worcester | 172 | 100 | 23 |
North East | 7061 | 3468 | 1316 |
Barnsley | 193 | 71 | 38 |
Bedlington | 159 | 66 | 44 |
Berwick | 14 | 6 | 3 |
Bradford | 691 | 334 | 131 |
Darlington | 356 | 195 | 49 |
Doncaster | 316 | 142 | 51 |
Durham | 333 | 169 | 77 |
Gateshead | 78 | 33 | 21 |
Grimsby | 186 | 80 | 37 |
Huddersfield | 32 | 10 | 8 |
Hull | 342 | 181 | 65 |
Leeds | 514 | 165 | 132 |
Newcastle | 332 | 122 | 80 |
North Shields | 134 | 34 | 46 |
Scarborough | 158 | 75 | 29 |
Sheffield | 737 | 381 | 119 |
South Shields | 233 | 112 | 53 |
Sunderland | 545 | 349 | 53 |
Teesside | 871 | 581 | 85 |
Wakefield | 687 | 322 | 138 |
York | 150 | 40 | 57 |
North West | 7362 | 4250 | 1066 |
Barrow | 84 | 53 | 10 |
Birkenhead | 355 | 223 | 43 |
Blackburn | 311 | 180 | 58 |
Blackpool | 355 | 189 | 69 |
Bolton | 414 | 231 | 69 |
Burnley | 263 | 151 | 31 |
Carlisle | 165 | 86 | 32 |
Chester | 500 | 315 | 65 |
Lancaster | 105 | 66 | 1 |
Liverpool | 1023 | 495 | 155 |
Manchester | 1319 | 821 | 164 |
Preston | 248 | 123 | 58 |
Rochdale | 436 | 216 | 90 |
St Helens | 512 | 301 | 73 |
Stockport | 699 | 451 | 68 |
Wigan | 427 | 267 | 49 |
Workington | 146 | 82 | 31 |
Scotland | 263 | 68 | 114 |
Aberdeen | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Ayr | 11 | 1 | 4 |
Dumfries (Cairndale) | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Dundee | 6 | 0 | 2 |
Dunfermline | 7 | 3 | 3 |
Edinburgh | 70 | 19 | 36 |
Galashiels | 6 | 1 | 3 |
Glasgow | 89 | 24 | 36 |
Greenock | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Hamilton | 24 | 3 | 6 |
Inverness | 7 | 4 | 1 |
Kilmarnock | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Kirkcaldy | 22 | 8 | 11 |
Oban | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Stirling | 4 | 0 | 2 |
Stranraer | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Wick | 1 | 0 | 1 |
South East | 7696 | 4930 | 574 |
Ashford | 556 | 349 | 38 |
Basildon | 264 | 144 | 43 |
Bedford | 200 | 133 | 17 |
Brighton | 842 | 541 | 40 |
Cambridge | 238 | 122 | 30 |
Chatham | 466 | 355 | 23 |
Chelmsford | 408 | 265 | 33 |
Eastbourne | 98 | 64 | 8 |
Hastings | 243 | 177 | 10 |
High Wycombe | 321 | 192 | 32 |
Ipswich | 411 | 283 | 22 |
Kings Lynn | 181 | 91 | 13 |
Luton | 363 | 229 | 16 |
Margate | 257 | 162 | 20 |
Milton Keynes | 212 | 119 | 27 |
Norwich | 659 | 470 | 43 |
Oxford | 311 | 216 | 27 |
Peterborough | 307 | 165 | 33 |
Reading | 361 | 224 | 21 |
Southend | 95 | 33 | 21 |
Stevenage | 163 | 94 | 14 |
Watford | 740 | 502 | 43 |
South West | 5916 | 3428 | 625 |
Unallocated 3 | 177 | 115 | 11 |
Aldershot | 289 | 162 | 38 |
Barnstaple | 80 | 36 | 8 |
Bristol | 1167 | 724 | 122 |
Exeter | 224 | 80 | 49 |
Gloucester | 432 | 257 | 38 |
Havant | 657 | 440 | 45 |
Newport IOW | 222 | 153 | 13 |
Newton Abbot | 246 | 126 | 29 |
Plymouth | 384 | 193 | 55 |
Poole | 441 | 249 | 49 |
Salisbury | 46 | 10 | 10 |
Southampton | 606 | 401 | 40 |
Swindon | 320 | 218 | 23 |
Taunton | 239 | 134 | 24 |
Truro | 255 | 68 | 59 |
Worle | 131 | 62 | 12 |
Wales | 4181 | 2180 | 514 |
Aberystwyth | 49 | 24 | 6 |
Caernarfon | 101 | 23 | 15 |
Cardiff | 1746 | 949 | 250 |
Carmarthen | 72 | 15 | 19 |
Haverfordwest | 105 | 39 | 16 |
Langstone, Newport | 793 | 459 | 76 |
Llandrindod Wells | 32 | 16 | 8 |
Llangefni | 199 | 121 | 18 |
Port Talbot | 305 | 112 | 35 |
Prestatyn | 277 | 170 | 13 |
Swansea | 194 | 75 | 25 |
Welshpool | 52 | 31 | 8 |
Wrexham | 256 | 146 | 25 |
SSCS Regional Centre Not Known | 10 | 4 | 0 |
National | 48623 | 27241 | 6558 |
Disability Living Allowance at December 232 | |||
Region / Venue | Total Open Caseload | Ready To List | Listed For Hearing |
London | 592 | 426 | 73 |
East London | 149 | 114 | 22 |
Enfield | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Fox Court | 264 | 180 | 36 |
Hatton Cross | 20 | 14 | 3 |
Romford | 54 | 41 | 4 |
Sutton | 103 | 75 | 8 |
Midlands | 597 | 394 | 91 |
Birmingham | 164 | 84 | 39 |
Boston | 10 | 9 | 0 |
Chesterfield | 26 | 20 | 2 |
Coventry | 46 | 35 | 4 |
Derby | 40 | 32 | 5 |
Hereford | 7 | 5 | 0 |
Kidderminster | 11 | 8 | 1 |
Leicester | 43 | 32 | 8 |
Lincoln | 36 | 25 | 1 |
Northampton | 26 | 19 | 4 |
Nottingham | 63 | 41 | 10 |
Nuneaton | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Shrewsbury | 20 | 15 | 3 |
Stoke | 30 | 23 | 4 |
Walsall | 19 | 10 | 1 |
Wellingborough | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Wolverhampton | 34 | 17 | 8 |
Worcester | 8 | 7 | 0 |
North East | 489 | 326 | 68 |
Barnsley | 15 | 9 | 2 |
Bedlington | 9 | 7 | 0 |
Bradford | 54 | 36 | 8 |
Darlington | 29 | 20 | 4 |
Doncaster | 14 | 5 | 2 |
Durham | 20 | 15 | 4 |
Gateshead | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Grimsby | 12 | 5 | 4 |
Huddersfield | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Hull | 23 | 16 | 5 |
Leeds | 30 | 8 | 12 |
Newcastle | 16 | 7 | 5 |
North Shields | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Scarborough | 9 | 5 | 2 |
Sheffield | 71 | 52 | 3 |
South Shields | 19 | 11 | 4 |
Sunderland | 40 | 29 | 3 |
Teesside | 67 | 61 | 1 |
Wakefield | 47 | 32 | 6 |
York | 7 | 4 | 2 |
North West | 535 | 372 | 87 |
Barrow | 5 | 4 | 0 |
Birkenhead | 32 | 19 | 7 |
Blackburn | 26 | 17 | 6 |
Blackpool | 19 | 10 | 2 |
Bolton | 30 | 20 | 5 |
Burnley | 14 | 11 | 2 |
Carlisle | 9 | 3 | 4 |
Chester | 20 | 14 | 4 |
Lancaster | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Liverpool | 70 | 45 | 12 |
Manchester | 113 | 89 | 14 |
Preston | 14 | 9 | 2 |
Rochdale | 40 | 25 | 10 |
St Helens | 42 | 27 | 9 |
Stockport | 60 | 49 | 4 |
Wigan | 31 | 21 | 6 |
Workington | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Scotland | 8 | 2 | 3 |
Ayr | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Dundee | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Edinburgh | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Glasgow | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Inverness | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Kirkcaldy | 1 | 1 | 0 |
South East | 555 | 427 | 52 |
Ashford | 33 | 24 | 3 |
Basildon | 25 | 15 | 5 |
Bedford | 20 | 16 | 1 |
Brighton | 46 | 36 | 2 |
Cambridge | 10 | 4 | 6 |
Chatham | 47 | 41 | 4 |
Chelmsford | 38 | 28 | 4 |
Eastbourne | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Hastings | 13 | 10 | 1 |
High Wycombe | 27 | 18 | 5 |
Ipswich | 30 | 23 | 2 |
Kings Lynn | 12 | 10 | 2 |
Luton | 27 | 26 | 0 |
Margate | 15 | 14 | 1 |
Milton Keynes | 14 | 8 | 3 |
Norwich | 46 | 37 | 3 |
Oxford | 23 | 18 | 1 |
Peterborough | 19 | 14 | 3 |
Reading | 26 | 23 | 0 |
Southend | 8 | 4 | 3 |
Stevenage | 12 | 8 | 1 |
Watford | 60 | 47 | 2 |
South West | 394 | 266 | 45 |
Unallocated 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
Aldershot | 26 | 20 | 2 |
Barnstaple | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Bristol | 79 | 52 | 9 |
Exeter | 13 | 4 | 3 |
Gloucester | 27 | 15 | 4 |
Havant | 48 | 33 | 6 |
Newport IOW | 13 | 11 | 1 |
Newton Abbot | 12 | 8 | 0 |
Plymouth | 21 | 15 | 2 |
Poole | 30 | 23 | 2 |
Salisbury | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Southampton | 36 | 26 | 5 |
Swindon | 24 | 19 | 2 |
Taunton | 21 | 17 | 2 |
Truro | 16 | 9 | 4 |
Worle | 12 | 7 | 0 |
Wales | 247 | 148 | 35 |
Aberystwyth | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Caernarfon | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Cardiff | 115 | 61 | 18 |
Carmarthen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Haverfordwest | 4 | 0 | 3 |
Langstone, Newport | 45 | 33 | 3 |
Llandrindod Wells | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Llangefni | 13 | 10 | 1 |
Port Talbot | 15 | 9 | 2 |
Prestatyn | 16 | 13 | 0 |
Swansea | 9 | 3 | 4 |
Welshpool | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Wrexham | 21 | 14 | 1 |
SSCS Regional Centre Not Known | 1 | 0 | 0 |
National | 3418 | 2361 | 454 |
Employment and Support Allowance4 at December 232 | |||
Region / Venue | Total Open Caseload | Ready To List | Listed For Hearing |
London | 380 | 158 | 28 |
East London | 116 | 59 | 4 |
Enfield | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Fox Court | 149 | 47 | 17 |
Hatton Cross | 19 | 8 | 3 |
Romford | 24 | 12 | 2 |
Sutton | 70 | 32 | 2 |
Midlands | 667 | 351 | 88 |
Birmingham | 112 | 57 | 19 |
Boston | 21 | 11 | 1 |
Chesterfield | 33 | 14 | 7 |
Coventry | 48 | 29 | 5 |
Derby | 48 | 26 | 6 |
Hereford | 9 | 4 | 2 |
Kidderminster | 13 | 8 | 2 |
Leicester | 69 | 44 | 7 |
Lincoln | 17 | 8 | 1 |
Northampton | 32 | 14 | 4 |
Nottingham | 65 | 31 | 12 |
Nuneaton | 7 | 2 | 0 |
Shrewsbury | 38 | 21 | 7 |
Stoke | 49 | 29 | 0 |
Walsall | 25 | 13 | 4 |
Wellingborough | 11 | 6 | 1 |
Wolverhampton | 56 | 25 | 8 |
Worcester | 14 | 9 | 2 |
North East | 468 | 188 | 62 |
Barnsley | 18 | 7 | 5 |
Bedlington | 14 | 2 | 3 |
Bradford | 41 | 17 | 3 |
Darlington | 23 | 8 | 2 |
Doncaster | 17 | 8 | 2 |
Durham | 22 | 8 | 4 |
Gateshead | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Grimsby | 19 | 7 | 2 |
Hull | 20 | 15 | 0 |
Leeds | 20 | 7 | 1 |
Newcastle | 25 | 9 | 3 |
North Shields | 19 | 3 | 5 |
Scarborough | 12 | 4 | 4 |
Sheffield | 40 | 15 | 6 |
South Shields | 27 | 8 | 1 |
Sunderland | 38 | 20 | 3 |
Teesside | 49 | 25 | 6 |
Wakefield | 42 | 18 | 7 |
York | 17 | 7 | 5 |
North West | 323 | 82 | 72 |
Barrow | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Birkenhead | 9 | 1 | 2 |
Blackburn | 13 | 3 | 3 |
Blackpool | 13 | 1 | 4 |
Bolton | 21 | 6 | 4 |
Burnley | 7 | 0 | 3 |
Carlisle | 9 | 1 | 1 |
Chester | 25 | 5 | 6 |
Lancaster | 7 | 3 | 0 |
Liverpool | 38 | 16 | 7 |
Manchester | 50 | 15 | 12 |
Preston | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Rochdale | 28 | 6 | 5 |
St Helens | 21 | 1 | 2 |
Stockport | 40 | 17 | 9 |
Wigan | 24 | 4 | 9 |
Workington | 9 | 1 | 3 |
Scotland | 214 | 20 | 70 |
Aberdeen | 13 | 0 | 3 |
Ayr | 17 | 1 | 6 |
Campbeltown Centre | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dumfries (Cairndale) | 9 | 0 | 7 |
Dundee | 12 | 0 | 3 |
Dunfermline | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Edinburgh | 27 | 1 | 15 |
Galashiels | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Glasgow | 50 | 6 | 18 |
Greenock | 12 | 3 | 0 |
Hamilton | 19 | 3 | 3 |
Inverness | 14 | 0 | 6 |
Kilmarnock | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Kirkcaldy | 8 | 2 | 2 |
Lerwick | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Stirling | 17 | 2 | 4 |
South East | 420 | 209 | 48 |
Ashford | 20 | 10 | 1 |
Basildon | 16 | 7 | 2 |
Bedford | 13 | 7 | 1 |
Brighton | 39 | 20 | 6 |
Cambridge | 11 | 5 | 1 |
Chatham | 16 | 8 | 3 |
Chelmsford | 37 | 18 | 3 |
Eastbourne | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Hastings | 9 | 3 | 4 |
High Wycombe | 19 | 8 | 1 |
Ipswich | 25 | 14 | 1 |
Kings Lynn | 15 | 7 | 3 |
Luton | 22 | 13 | 1 |
Margate | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Milton Keynes | 9 | 5 | 1 |
Norwich | 36 | 17 | 5 |
Oxford | 21 | 13 | 3 |
Peterborough | 32 | 12 | 3 |
Reading | 34 | 19 | 4 |
Southend | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Stevenage | 9 | 6 | 1 |
Watford | 29 | 12 | 4 |
South West | 490 | 295 | 15 |
Unallocated 3 | 14 | 8 | 3 |
Aldershot | 31 | 24 | 0 |
Barnstaple | 6 | 4 | 0 |
Bristol | 80 | 42 | 4 |
Exeter | 12 | 5 | 1 |
Gloucester | 35 | 21 | 0 |
Havant | 65 | 43 | 1 |
Newport IOW | 27 | 21 | 2 |
Newton Abbot | 26 | 15 | 0 |
Plymouth | 31 | 19 | 0 |
Poole | 32 | 25 | 1 |
Salisbury | 7 | 3 | 0 |
Southampton | 49 | 26 | 1 |
Swindon | 17 | 8 | 2 |
Taunton | 22 | 12 | 0 |
Truro | 21 | 12 | 0 |
Worle | 15 | 7 | 0 |
Wales | 434 | 278 | 13 |
Aberystwyth | 10 | 5 | 3 |
Caernarfon | 10 | 6 | 1 |
Cardiff | 155 | 108 | 3 |
Carmarthen | 10 | 6 | 0 |
Haverfordwest | 13 | 8 | 0 |
Langstone, Newport | 88 | 55 | 1 |
Llandrindod Wells | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Llangefni | 23 | 15 | 0 |
Port Talbot | 37 | 26 | 0 |
Prestatyn | 24 | 14 | 2 |
Swansea | 27 | 11 | 0 |
Welshpool | 13 | 6 | 3 |
Wrexham | 23 | 17 | 0 |
SSCS Regional Centre Not Known | 3 | 0 | 2 |
National | 3399 | 1581 | 398 |
Universal Credit5 at December 232 | |||
Region / Venue | Total Open Caseload | Ready To List | Listed For Hearing |
London | 2659 | 1361 | 215 |
East London | 566 | 294 | 57 |
Enfield | 8 | 2 | 1 |
Fox Court | 1468 | 754 | 94 |
Hatton Cross | 102 | 40 | 13 |
Romford | 169 | 85 | 34 |
Sutton | 346 | 186 | 16 |
Midlands | 2602 | 1489 | 406 |
Birmingham | 713 | 381 | 142 |
Boston | 51 | 34 | 7 |
Chesterfield | 62 | 34 | 11 |
Coventry | 202 | 125 | 14 |
Derby | 159 | 87 | 31 |
Hereford | 21 | 16 | 0 |
Kidderminster | 20 | 15 | 2 |
Leicester | 265 | 160 | 29 |
Lincoln | 123 | 74 | 19 |
Northampton | 126 | 82 | 16 |
Nottingham | 253 | 148 | 50 |
Nuneaton | 11 | 7 | 0 |
Shrewsbury | 78 | 45 | 7 |
Stoke | 99 | 55 | 9 |
Walsall | 116 | 64 | 15 |
Wellingborough | 43 | 29 | 6 |
Wolverhampton | 218 | 109 | 44 |
Worcester | 42 | 24 | 4 |
North East | 2007 | 1012 | 385 |
Barnsley | 55 | 26 | 13 |
Bedlington | 46 | 20 | 15 |
Berwick | 5 | 3 | 0 |
Bradford | 208 | 118 | 30 |
Darlington | 70 | 26 | 19 |
Doncaster | 84 | 31 | 18 |
Durham | 40 | 17 | 7 |
Gateshead | 24 | 11 | 10 |
Grimsby | 69 | 41 | 11 |
Huddersfield | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Hull | 108 | 62 | 16 |
Leeds | 173 | 68 | 30 |
Newcastle | 229 | 109 | 48 |
North Shields | 45 | 16 | 9 |
Scarborough | 49 | 24 | 15 |
Sheffield | 160 | 67 | 40 |
South Shields | 71 | 40 | 13 |
Sunderland | 124 | 79 | 12 |
Teesside | 227 | 137 | 37 |
Wakefield | 170 | 88 | 32 |
York | 47 | 29 | 10 |
North West | 1512 | 572 | 308 |
Barrow | 12 | 6 | 1 |
Birkenhead | 34 | 15 | 5 |
Blackburn | 33 | 15 | 2 |
Blackpool | 54 | 13 | 10 |
Bolton | 107 | 32 | 24 |
Burnley | 65 | 29 | 8 |
Carlisle | 29 | 14 | 4 |
Chester | 61 | 17 | 6 |
Lancaster | 27 | 13 | 3 |
Liverpool | 179 | 49 | 34 |
Manchester | 467 | 226 | 112 |
Preston | 35 | 7 | 8 |
Rochdale | 91 | 23 | 17 |
St Helens | 79 | 34 | 13 |
Stockport | 141 | 45 | 43 |
Wigan | 85 | 29 | 17 |
Workington | 13 | 5 | 1 |
Scotland | 658 | 187 | 219 |
Aberdeen | 33 | 8 | 15 |
Ayr | 40 | 12 | 13 |
Dumfries (Cairndale) | 13 | 1 | 5 |
Dundee | 44 | 10 | 13 |
Dunfermline | 14 | 3 | 2 |
Edinburgh | 120 | 31 | 40 |
Galashiels | 14 | 6 | 3 |
Glasgow | 206 | 64 | 71 |
Greenock | 25 | 6 | 10 |
Hamilton | 59 | 17 | 19 |
Inverness | 22 | 3 | 9 |
Kilmarnock | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Kirkcaldy | 22 | 9 | 4 |
Kirkwall | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Lerwick | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Lewis | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Oban | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Stirling | 29 | 13 | 9 |
Stranraer | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Wick | 4 | 1 | 1 |
South East | 2002 | 1053 | 321 |
Ashford | 117 | 47 | 28 |
Basildon | 70 | 24 | 19 |
Bedford | 48 | 30 | 6 |
Brighton | 173 | 76 | 35 |
Cambridge | 68 | 33 | 11 |
Chatham | 70 | 27 | 21 |
Chelmsford | 107 | 62 | 11 |
Eastbourne | 26 | 15 | 3 |
Hastings | 43 | 27 | 8 |
High Wycombe | 125 | 70 | 14 |
Ipswich | 89 | 54 | 8 |
Kings Lynn | 36 | 18 | 12 |
Luton | 110 | 65 | 16 |
Margate | 39 | 18 | 8 |
Milton Keynes | 48 | 27 | 6 |
Norwich | 145 | 86 | 22 |
Oxford | 111 | 66 | 13 |
Peterborough | 91 | 45 | 14 |
Reading | 141 | 73 | 21 |
Southend | 65 | 37 | 16 |
Stevenage | 45 | 27 | 2 |
Watford | 235 | 126 | 27 |
South West | 1744 | 1121 | 65 |
Unallocated 3 | 43 | 26 | 2 |
Aldershot | 120 | 74 | 5 |
Barnstaple | 24 | 15 | 0 |
Bristol | 342 | 219 | 11 |
Exeter | 59 | 32 | 0 |
Gloucester | 136 | 99 | 7 |
Havant | 187 | 133 | 5 |
Newport IOW | 49 | 35 | 4 |
Newton Abbot | 61 | 34 | 4 |
Plymouth | 84 | 52 | 0 |
Poole | 159 | 96 | 9 |
Salisbury | 15 | 6 | 1 |
Southampton | 162 | 106 | 5 |
Swindon | 108 | 71 | 5 |
Taunton | 71 | 42 | 0 |
Truro | 87 | 58 | 3 |
Worle | 37 | 23 | 4 |
Wales | 1019 | 712 | 62 |
Aberystwyth | 16 | 8 | 1 |
Caernarfon | 53 | 32 | 6 |
Cardiff | 389 | 277 | 18 |
Carmarthen | 20 | 14 | 0 |
Haverfordwest | 28 | 19 | 1 |
Langstone, Newport | 179 | 133 | 9 |
Llandrindod Wells | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Llangefni | 27 | 20 | 1 |
Port Talbot | 91 | 68 | 3 |
Prestatyn | 74 | 46 | 9 |
Swansea | 58 | 43 | 3 |
Welshpool | 14 | 8 | 3 |
Wrexham | 67 | 41 | 8 |
National | 14203 | 7507 | 1981 |
From April 2023 the SSCS Tribunal started to list cases using a new Scheduling and Listing solution. This, alongside HMCTS migrating to a new Strategic Data Platform, has resulted in some cases heard and decided using this new listing solution not currently being included in the data above.
1. Personal Independence Payment (New Claim Appeals) which replaces Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013, also includes Personal Independence Clams (Reassessments)
2. Data pulled 23/4/2024
3. Unallocated relates to appeals that have not yet been allocated to a venue.
4. Data includes Employment and Support Allowance and Incapacity Benefit reassessment. Employment and Support Allowance was introduced in October 2008 and Incapacity Benefit reassessment followed in October 2010.
5. Universal Credit was introduced on 29 April 2013 in selected areas of Greater Manchester and Cheshire, and has been gradually rolled out to the rest of the UK from October 2013.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that the data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when data are used.
Management information reflects the data held on the case management system, which is subject to change, and can differ from the quality-assured MOJ official statistics, which form the agreed definitive position.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that the data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when data are used.
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help increase the number of people participating in smoking cessation programmes.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
Smoking is the number one entirely preventable cause of ill-health, disability and death in this country. It is responsible for 80,000 yearly deaths in the United Kingdom and one in four of all UK cancer deaths. It costs our country £17 billion a year, £14 billion of which is through lost productivity alone. It puts a huge pressure on the National Health Service and social care, costing over £3 billion a year. Quitting smoking is the best thing a smoker can do for their health and smokers are three times as likely to succeed with stop smoking services (SSS) when compared to an unsupported quit attempt.
As announced in Stopping the start: our new plan to create a smokefree generation, published in October 2023, the Government is investing an additional £70 million per year for five years to support local authority-led SSS, around doubling current spend and supporting 360,000 people to set a quit date each year. To support engagement with SSS, and increase motivation to quit, we are spending an additional £15 million per year to fund national anti-smoking campaigns. We are also investing up to £45 million over two years to roll out our national ‘Swap to Stop’ scheme and establishing a financial incentives scheme to help pregnant smokers and their partners quit smoking with smoking cessation support.
Vaping is never recommended for children, and carries the potential harms of future addiction while their lungs and brains are still developing. The health advice is clear, vapes can be an effective tool to help smokers quit, but young people and those who have never smoked should not vape, or be encouraged to vape.
Asked by: Marsha De Cordova (Labour - Battersea)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department it taking to help ensure that disabled people have access to reasonable adjustments in the workplace.
Answered by Mims Davies - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
All employers have a duty under the Equality Act 2010 to make ‘reasonable adjustments’ in the workplace where a disabled person would otherwise be put at a substantial disadvantage compared with their colleagues. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Equality Act and providing guidance on reasonable adjustments.
For disabled people who require adjustments which are beyond reasonable adjustments, Access to Work (AtW) can provide a grant for the disability related extra costs of working a disabled employee may face. To support employers an AtW case manager will contact the customer’s employer ahead of making an AtW award to offer advice on reasonable adjustments an employer can provide and the support available under the AtW scheme.
DWP has worked with stakeholders to develop a series of Adjustments Passports and Planners to support disabled people, and those with a health condition, with the transitions into employment and between jobs. The Adjustments Passport and Planners provide individuals with an up to date document of their adjustments and working requirements and empower the holder to have more structured conversations about their disability with their employer. They also raise awareness of Access to Work, and where an application is made, help to reduce the need for another assessment, enabling support to be put in place more quickly.
The Disability Confident scheme provides employers with the knowledge, skills, and confidence they need to attract, recruit, retain and develop disabled people in the workplace. When an employer signs-up to the Disability Confident scheme, they agree to commitments which include anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required. They also agree to support any existing employee who acquires a disability or long-term health condition, enabling them to stay in work. The scheme provides resources for members including the recently published Disability Confident Manager’s Guide which explains how managers can make and review reasonable adjustments, consider flexible working, and includes examples of other types of adjustments.
As part of the government's response to the Health is Everyone’s Business Consultation, DWP has developed a digital service for employers, offering tailored guidance on health and disability. The service is called Support with Employee Health and Disability and is live across GB, testing very well with employers. Developed with small and medium enterprise (SME) employers, using user centred design principles, the service offers a simple, interactive and highly usable resource which helps employers to feel more confident having conversations about health and disability, as well as understanding and fulfilling their legal obligations on topics such as reasonable adjustments, and signposting to sources of expert support.
The fit note includes an option to allow a healthcare professional to indicate that a patient ‘may be fit for work subject to the following advice’ and provide general details of the functional effect of the individual’s condition and recommend common types of workplace adjustments. However, over 10 million fit notes each year are issued in England without any such advice, resulting in a missed opportunity to help people get the appropriate support they may need to remain in work.
That is why we announced funding in the 2023 Autumn Statement to test new ways of providing individuals receiving a fit note with tailored support, including referral to support through their local WorkWell service pilot. To support this, we launched a Call for Evidence to seek views on how the current fit note process works and the support required to facilitate meaningful work and health conversations and help people start, stay and succeed in work.
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to encourage pregnant women to undertake smoking cessation programmes.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
Smoking is the number one entirely preventable cause of ill-health, disability, and death in this country. It is responsible for 80,000 yearly deaths in the United Kingdom, and one in four of all UK cancer deaths. Smoking in pregnancy increases the risk of stillbirth, miscarriage, and sudden infant death.
As set out in Stopping the Start: our new plan to create a smokefree generation, we are establishing a financially incentivised scheme to help pregnant smokers and their partners to quit smoking, with smoking cessation support. This evidence-based intervention will encourage pregnant women to give up smoking, and remain smokefree throughout pregnancy and beyond, helping to improve the health and wellbeing of both mother and baby.
The objective is to have all maternity trusts that wish to participate in the scheme signed up by the end of 2024, so that all pregnant women who smoke in participating areas will be offered the opportunity to join the incentive scheme by December 2024.
This financial incentive scheme builds upon the NHS Long Term Plan’s ambition to ensure that all pregnant smokers can access behavioural support to quit from within maternity services, as well as additional funding for mass marketing campaigns on stopping smoking.