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<p>The First-tier Tribunal – Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) administered
by HM Courts & Tribunals Service, hears appeals against Department for Work and
Pensions’ decisions on a range of benefits.</p><br /><p>1. Information about the timeliness
of SSCS appeals is published by the Ministry of Justice in the Tribunals and Gender
Recognition Certificate Statistics Quarterly. The data requested can be viewed at
<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a>.</p><br
/><p>2. The following table provides the age in weeks of the oldest case cleared at
a tribunal hearing in the years 2010/11 to 2014/15[1]:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Age
of the oldest case disposed of</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>394</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>431</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>649</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>362</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>331</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br
/><p>A number of factors can influence the time it takes for an appeal to reach final
conclusion. In particular, these data include the total elapsed time for cases which
were heard, appealed to the Upper Tribunal, and subsequently reheard at the First-tier
Tribunal. The age of one case at clearance in any one year does not reflect the experience
of the vast majority of appellants.</p><p>[1] The age of the oldest case disposed
of in the period April to September 2015 (the latest period for which statistics have
been published) has not been included as this only reflects a part-year.</p>
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