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date	22/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
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hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
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legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	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.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	22887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>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.</p><p>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.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Personal Independence Payment<sup>1</sup> at December 23<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Region / Venue</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Open Caseload</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ready To List</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Listed For Hearing</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>London</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6804</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3861</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>980</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bexleyheath</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East London</p></td><td><p>1543</p></td><td><p>905</p></td><td><p>234</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enfield</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fox Court</p></td><td><p>3318</p></td><td><p>1846</p></td><td><p>483</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hatton Cross</p></td><td><p>243</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romford</p></td><td><p>512</p></td><td><p>353</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sutton</p></td><td><p>1160</p></td><td><p>647</p></td><td><p>121</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9330</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5052</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1369</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>1984</p></td><td><p>1007</p></td><td><p>354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Boston</p></td><td><p>202</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chesterfield</p></td><td><p>457</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>698</p></td><td><p>442</p></td><td><p>71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derby</p></td><td><p>701</p></td><td><p>417</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hereford</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kidderminster</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p>813</p></td><td><p>415</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincoln</p></td><td><p>427</p></td><td><p>258</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northampton</p></td><td><p>488</p></td><td><p>328</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>1135</p></td><td><p>610</p></td><td><p>168</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nuneaton</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shrewsbury</p></td><td><p>333</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke</p></td><td><p>427</p></td><td><p>228</p></td><td><p>63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall</p></td><td><p>316</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wellingborough</p></td><td><p>196</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton</p></td><td><p>637</p></td><td><p>262</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcester</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North East</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7061</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3468</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1316</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedlington</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Berwick</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford</p></td><td><p>691</p></td><td><p>334</p></td><td><p>131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darlington</p></td><td><p>356</p></td><td><p>195</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>316</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>333</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grimsby</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Huddersfield</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hull</p></td><td><p>342</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>514</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle</p></td><td><p>332</p></td><td><p>122</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Shields</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scarborough</p></td><td><p>158</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>737</p></td><td><p>381</p></td><td><p>119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Shields</p></td><td><p>233</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland</p></td><td><p>545</p></td><td><p>349</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Teesside</p></td><td><p>871</p></td><td><p>581</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>687</p></td><td><p>322</p></td><td><p>138</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North West</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7362</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4250</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1066</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barrow</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birkenhead</p></td><td><p>355</p></td><td><p>223</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn</p></td><td><p>311</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool</p></td><td><p>355</p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p>414</p></td><td><p>231</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burnley</p></td><td><p>263</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carlisle</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chester</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>315</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancaster</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>1023</p></td><td><p>495</p></td><td><p>155</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>1319</p></td><td><p>821</p></td><td><p>164</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preston</p></td><td><p>248</p></td><td><p>123</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochdale</p></td><td><p>436</p></td><td><p>216</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens</p></td><td><p>512</p></td><td><p>301</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockport</p></td><td><p>699</p></td><td><p>451</p></td><td><p>68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td><td><p>427</p></td><td><p>267</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Workington</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>263</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>68</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>114</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ayr</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dumfries (Cairndale)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dundee</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dunfermline</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Galashiels</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenock</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hamilton</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inverness</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kilmarnock</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirkcaldy</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oban</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stirling</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stranraer</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wick</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South East</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7696</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4930</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>574</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashford</p></td><td><p>556</p></td><td><p>349</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Basildon</p></td><td><p>264</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton</p></td><td><p>842</p></td><td><p>541</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>238</p></td><td><p>122</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chatham</p></td><td><p>466</p></td><td><p>355</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>408</p></td><td><p>265</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastbourne</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hastings</p></td><td><p>243</p></td><td><p>177</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Wycombe</p></td><td><p>321</p></td><td><p>192</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ipswich</p></td><td><p>411</p></td><td><p>283</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kings Lynn</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>363</p></td><td><p>229</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Margate</p></td><td><p>257</p></td><td><p>162</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Milton Keynes</p></td><td><p>212</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>659</p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford</p></td><td><p>311</p></td><td><p>216</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>307</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>361</p></td><td><p>224</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southend</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stevenage</p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Watford</p></td><td><p>740</p></td><td><p>502</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South West</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5916</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3428</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>625</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unallocated <sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>177</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aldershot</p></td><td><p>289</p></td><td><p>162</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnstaple</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>1167</p></td><td><p>724</p></td><td><p>122</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exeter</p></td><td><p>224</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucester</p></td><td><p>432</p></td><td><p>257</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Havant</p></td><td><p>657</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport IOW</p></td><td><p>222</p></td><td><p>153</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newton Abbot</p></td><td><p>246</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>384</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poole</p></td><td><p>441</p></td><td><p>249</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salisbury</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton</p></td><td><p>606</p></td><td><p>401</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swindon</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>218</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taunton</p></td><td><p>239</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Truro</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worle</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4181</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2180</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>514</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberystwyth</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caernarfon</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>1746</p></td><td><p>949</p></td><td><p>250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthen</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haverfordwest</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Langstone, Newport</p></td><td><p>793</p></td><td><p>459</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llandrindod Wells</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llangefni</p></td><td><p>199</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Port Talbot</p></td><td><p>305</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prestatyn</p></td><td><p>277</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea</p></td><td><p>194</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Welshpool</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wrexham</p></td><td><p>256</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SSCS Regional Centre Not Known</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>National</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>48623</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27241</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6558</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Disability Living Allowance at December 23<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Region / Venue</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Open Caseload</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ready To List</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Listed For Hearing</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>London</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>592</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>426</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>73</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East London</p></td><td><p>149</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enfield</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fox Court</p></td><td><p>264</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hatton Cross</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romford</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sutton</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>597</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>394</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>91</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>164</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Boston</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chesterfield</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derby</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hereford</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kidderminster</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincoln</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northampton</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nuneaton</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shrewsbury</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wellingborough</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcester</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North East</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>489</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>326</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>68</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedlington</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darlington</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grimsby</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Huddersfield</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hull</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Shields</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scarborough</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Shields</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Teesside</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North West</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>535</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>372</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>87</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barrow</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birkenhead</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burnley</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carlisle</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chester</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancaster</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preston</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochdale</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockport</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Workington</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ayr</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dundee</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inverness</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirkcaldy</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South East</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>555</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>427</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>52</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashford</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Basildon</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chatham</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastbourne</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hastings</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Wycombe</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ipswich</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kings Lynn</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Margate</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Milton Keynes</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southend</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stevenage</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Watford</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South West</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>394</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>266</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>45</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unallocated <sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aldershot</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnstaple</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exeter</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucester</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Havant</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport IOW</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newton Abbot</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poole</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salisbury</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swindon</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taunton</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Truro</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worle</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>247</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>148</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>35</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberystwyth</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caernarfon</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthen</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haverfordwest</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Langstone, Newport</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llandrindod Wells</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llangefni</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Port Talbot</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prestatyn</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Welshpool</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wrexham</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SSCS Regional Centre Not Known</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>National</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3418</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2361</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>454</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Employment and Support Allowance<sup>4 </sup>at December 23<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Region / Venue</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Open Caseload</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ready To List</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Listed For Hearing</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>London</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>380</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>158</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>28</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East London</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enfield</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fox Court</p></td><td><p>149</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hatton Cross</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romford</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sutton</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>667</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>351</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>88</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Boston</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chesterfield</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derby</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hereford</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kidderminster</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincoln</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northampton</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nuneaton</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shrewsbury</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wellingborough</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcester</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North East</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>468</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>188</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>62</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedlington</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darlington</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grimsby</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hull</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Shields</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scarborough</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Shields</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Teesside</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North West</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>323</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>82</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>72</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barrow</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birkenhead</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burnley</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carlisle</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chester</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancaster</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preston</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochdale</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockport</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Workington</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>214</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>70</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ayr</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Campbeltown Centre</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dumfries (Cairndale)</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dundee</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dunfermline</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Galashiels</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenock</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hamilton</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inverness</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kilmarnock</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirkcaldy</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lerwick</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stirling</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South East</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>420</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>209</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>48</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashford</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Basildon</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chatham</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastbourne</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hastings</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Wycombe</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ipswich</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kings Lynn</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Margate</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Milton Keynes</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southend</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stevenage</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Watford</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South West</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>490</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>295</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unallocated <sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aldershot</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnstaple</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exeter</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucester</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Havant</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport IOW</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newton Abbot</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poole</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salisbury</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swindon</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taunton</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Truro</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worle</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>434</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>278</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberystwyth</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caernarfon</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthen</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haverfordwest</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Langstone, Newport</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llandrindod Wells</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llangefni</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Port Talbot</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prestatyn</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Welshpool</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wrexham</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SSCS Regional Centre Not Known</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>National</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3399</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1581</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>398</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Universal Credit<sup>5 </sup>at December 23<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Region / Venue</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Open Caseload</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ready To List</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Listed For Hearing</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>London</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2659</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1361</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>215</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East London</p></td><td><p>566</p></td><td><p>294</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enfield</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fox Court</p></td><td><p>1468</p></td><td><p>754</p></td><td><p>94</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hatton Cross</p></td><td><p>102</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romford</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sutton</p></td><td><p>346</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2602</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1489</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>406</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>713</p></td><td><p>381</p></td><td><p>142</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Boston</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chesterfield</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>202</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derby</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hereford</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kidderminster</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p>265</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincoln</p></td><td><p>123</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northampton</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>253</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nuneaton</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shrewsbury</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wellingborough</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton</p></td><td><p>218</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcester</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North East</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>385</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedlington</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Berwick</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford</p></td><td><p>208</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darlington</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grimsby</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Huddersfield</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hull</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle</p></td><td><p>229</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Shields</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scarborough</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Shields</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Teesside</p></td><td><p>227</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North West</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1512</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>572</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>308</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barrow</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birkenhead</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burnley</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carlisle</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chester</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancaster</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>179</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>467</p></td><td><p>226</p></td><td><p>112</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preston</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochdale</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockport</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Workington</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>658</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>187</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>219</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ayr</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dumfries (Cairndale)</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dundee</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dunfermline</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Galashiels</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>206</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenock</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hamilton</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inverness</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kilmarnock</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirkcaldy</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirkwall</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lerwick</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewis</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oban</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stirling</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stranraer</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wick</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South East</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2002</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1053</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>321</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashford</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Basildon</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chatham</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastbourne</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hastings</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Wycombe</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ipswich</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kings Lynn</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Margate</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Milton Keynes</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southend</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stevenage</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Watford</p></td><td><p>235</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South West</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1744</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1121</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>65</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unallocated <sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aldershot</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnstaple</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>342</p></td><td><p>219</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exeter</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucester</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Havant</p></td><td><p>187</p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport IOW</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newton Abbot</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poole</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salisbury</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton</p></td><td><p>162</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swindon</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taunton</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Truro</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worle</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>712</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>62</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberystwyth</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caernarfon</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>389</p></td><td><p>277</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthen</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haverfordwest</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Langstone, Newport</p></td><td><p>179</p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llandrindod Wells</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llangefni</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Port Talbot</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prestatyn</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Welshpool</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wrexham</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>National</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14203</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7507</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1981</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>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.</p><p>1. Personal Independence Payment (New Claim Appeals) which replaces Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013, also includes Personal Independence Clams (Reassessments)</p><p>2. Data pulled 23/4/2024</p><p>3. Unallocated relates to appeals that have not yet been allocated to a venue.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 22888 22889 22890 question first answered 25/04/2024 12:57:31 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

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registered interest
date	18/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Personal Independence Payment applicants are awaiting a tribunal hearing.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	200069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>Information about appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>As of 30 June (the latest period for which data are available), the total number of Personal Independence Payment<sup>1</sup> appeals awaiting a tribunal hearing was 31,276 (7,111 of which are listed for hearing and 24,165 are ready to list).</p><p> </p><ol><li>Personal Independence Payment (New Claim Appeals), which replaces Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013, also includes Personal Independence Claims (Reassessments).</li></ol><p> </p><p>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 that are available. The data may differ slightly from that of the published statistics as these data were run on a different date.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 16/10/2023 14:10:38 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

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registered interest
date	26/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Personal Independence Payment claims are awaiting a hearing attached to each of the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) regional offices.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	182867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>Information about appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>As at end of December 2022 (the latest period for which data are available), the number of Personal Independence Payment appeals awaiting a hearing for each of the SSCS Regional Processing Centres are shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Personal Independence Payment appeals1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Processing Centre</p></td><td><p>No. Ready to List</p></td><td><p>No. Listed for Hearing</p></td><td><p>Total Outstanding</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>4,160</p></td><td><p>1,566</p></td><td><p>7,519</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford</p></td><td><p>3,289</p></td><td><p>775</p></td><td><p>5,159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>2,438</p></td><td><p>1,336</p></td><td><p>6,128</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>1,578</p></td><td><p>426</p></td><td><p>2,675</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>2,283</p></td><td><p>1,530</p></td><td><p>5,151</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>3,570</p></td><td><p>394</p></td><td><p>5,414</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sutton</p></td><td><p>2,062</p></td><td><p>959</p></td><td><p>4,347</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unallocated 2</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>19,388</p></td><td><p>6,987</p></td><td><p>36,407</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>1. Personal Independence Payment (New Claim Appeals) which replaces Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013, also includes Personal Independence Clams (Reassessments)</em></p><p><em>2. Unallocated relates to appeals that have not yet been allocated to a Processing Centre.</em></p><p><em>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.</em></p><p><em>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. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when data are used.</em></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 02/05/2023 10:58:55 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1343869

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of personal independence payment decisions where claimants were awarded zero points have been overturned at independent tribunals in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	27352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2021 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service’s statistical records do not include information on the number of points awarded to appellants by the Department for Work and Pensions.</p><p> </p><p>Tribunal outcomes including overturn rates are published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 08/07/2021 17:00:51 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1342373

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many personal independence payment appeals to the First Tier Tribunal in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21 that were cleared without a hearing were (i) withdrawn by the appellant, (ii) struck out, (iii) superseded and (iv) lapsed by the Department for Work and Pensions.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	25078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2021 answer text <p>General information about appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p>The specific information requested is set out below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Employment Support Allowance<sup>1</sup></p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Universal Credit (UC)</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Personal Independence Payment<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Withdrawn Before Hearing</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Struck Out Before Hearing</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Superseded</strong><sup>3 </sup></p></td><td><p><strong>Withdrawn Before Hearing</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Struck Out Before Hearing</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Superseded</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Withdrawn Before Hearing</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Struck Out Before Hearing</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Superseded</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>2057</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>7544</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>2028</p></td><td><p>3562</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>15651</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>1302</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>5158</p></td><td><p>725</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>4766</p></td><td><p>3373</p></td><td><p>321</p></td><td><p>30231</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>430</p></td><td><p>279</p></td><td><p>908</p></td><td><p>812</p></td><td><p>442</p></td><td><p>3667</p></td><td><p>2092</p></td><td><p>1245</p></td><td><p>31564</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In 2019/20<sup>p</sup>, 12,235 (66%) UC appeals included an element<sup>5</sup> relating to Limited Capability for Work, and in 2020/21<sup>p</sup> the figure was 3,002 (38%).</p><p><sup>1</sup>Includes Employment Support Allowance (ESA) and ESA (Reassessments)</p><p><sup>2</sup>Includes Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and PIP (Reassessments)</p><p><sup>3</sup>Includes superseded and lapsed by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)</p><p><sup>4</sup>Financial Years April to March</p><p><sup>p </sup>Provisional data and subject to further change. SSCS appeals are currently undergoing system updates. As such the data for 2019 to 2021 is based on legacy systems and these will be an under-representation of the actual number (2019/20 circa 1% and 2020/21 circa 14%).</p><p><sup>5</sup>HMCTS may not be aware of the elements under dispute until after the DWP response is received</p><p><sup>6</sup>Limited Capability for Work is an element of UC</p><p>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 is the best data that is available. The data may differ slightly to that of the published statistics where data was run on a different date.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 25076 25077 25079 question first answered 09/07/2021 13:52:28 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1288230

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time was for the Tribunals Service to administer a First-tier Tribunal-Social Security and Child Support appeal for personal independence payment in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England in the most recent period for which figures are available; and what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on average waiting times for personal independence payment appeals over the same period in those areas.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	156416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>The latest period for which data about the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) are available is January to March 2020. The most recent tribunal statistics publications covering the period April to September 2020 do not include SSCS data due to issues identified as the tribunal was being migrated to a new operational system. The data will be made available as soon as this is resolved and the data quality assured.</p><p> </p><p>(1) Information about clearance times for appeals to SSCS is published at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>Waiting times are calculated from receipt of an appeal to its final disposal. An appeal is not necessarily disposed of at its first hearing. The final disposal decision on the appeal may be reached after an earlier hearing had been adjourned (which may be directed by the judge for a variety of reasons, such as to seek further evidence), or after an earlier hearing date had been postponed (again, for a variety of reasons, often at the request of the appellant). An appeal may also have been decided at an earlier date by the First-tier Tribunal, only for the case to have gone on to the Upper Tribunal, to be returned once again to the First-tier, for its final disposal.</p><p> </p><p>Throughout the pandemic, appeals have continued to be decided on the papers, or heard using telephone and other remote technology. Additionally, HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has introduced safety measures so that face to face hearings can be held for any cases which cannot be decided on the papers or heard remotely. The decision as to how a hearing is conducted is a matter for the judge, who will determine how best to uphold the interests of justice.</p><p> </p><p>(2) As at March 2020, there were a total of 440 Personal Independence Payment (PIP)<sup> 1</sup> appeals waiting to be listed in the Coventry venue; 2,466 in the West Midlands<sup>2</sup>; and 21,005 in England<sup>3</sup>.</p><p> </p><p>SSCS data are usually registered to the venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. We cannot retrieve data based on the appellant’s actual address but can produce reports detailing the number of cases dealt with at one of our Regional centres or heard at a specific venue.</p><p>1. PIP (New Claim Appeals) which replaces Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013, also includes PIP Claims (Reassessments)</p><p>2. West Midlands includes the venues: Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Coventry, Nuneaton, Stoke, Shrewsbury, Hereford and Worcester.</p><p>3. Data exclude SSCS Scotland Region and Wales Region.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 156417 question first answered 25/02/2021 17:08:32 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1288232

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appellants are waiting for the Tribunals Service to list their First Tier Tribunal Social Security and Child Support appeal in relation to personal independence payment in (a) Coventry, (b) West Midlands and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	156417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>The latest period for which data about the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) are available is January to March 2020. The most recent tribunal statistics publications covering the period April to September 2020 do not include SSCS data due to issues identified as the tribunal was being migrated to a new operational system. The data will be made available as soon as this is resolved and the data quality assured.</p><p> </p><p>(1) Information about clearance times for appeals to SSCS is published at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>Waiting times are calculated from receipt of an appeal to its final disposal. An appeal is not necessarily disposed of at its first hearing. The final disposal decision on the appeal may be reached after an earlier hearing had been adjourned (which may be directed by the judge for a variety of reasons, such as to seek further evidence), or after an earlier hearing date had been postponed (again, for a variety of reasons, often at the request of the appellant). An appeal may also have been decided at an earlier date by the First-tier Tribunal, only for the case to have gone on to the Upper Tribunal, to be returned once again to the First-tier, for its final disposal.</p><p> </p><p>Throughout the pandemic, appeals have continued to be decided on the papers, or heard using telephone and other remote technology. Additionally, HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has introduced safety measures so that face to face hearings can be held for any cases which cannot be decided on the papers or heard remotely. The decision as to how a hearing is conducted is a matter for the judge, who will determine how best to uphold the interests of justice.</p><p> </p><p>(2) As at March 2020, there were a total of 440 Personal Independence Payment (PIP)<sup> 1</sup> appeals waiting to be listed in the Coventry venue; 2,466 in the West Midlands<sup>2</sup>; and 21,005 in England<sup>3</sup>.</p><p> </p><p>SSCS data are usually registered to the venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. We cannot retrieve data based on the appellant’s actual address but can produce reports detailing the number of cases dealt with at one of our Regional centres or heard at a specific venue.</p><p>1. PIP (New Claim Appeals) which replaces Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013, also includes PIP Claims (Reassessments)</p><p>2. West Midlands includes the venues: Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Coventry, Nuneaton, Stoke, Shrewsbury, Hereford and Worcester.</p><p>3. Data exclude SSCS Scotland Region and Wales Region.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 156416 question first answered 25/02/2021 17:08:32 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1245481

registered interest
date	21/10/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment her Department has made of trends in the time taken for a personal independence payment appeal to be heard at Tribunal after an application to attend the Tribunal is made.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	107043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>I accept that waiting times for proceedings in the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) service remain higher than we would like. The impact of the Coronavirus outbreak has significantly increased the challenges we currently face.</p><p>We have taken a number of measures to improve SSCS performance:</p><ul><li>Over the past two-years 38 salaried judges, 194 fee paid judges, 232 medical members and 118 disability qualified members have been appointed to the Social Entitlement Chamber.</li><li>As part of the £1.2 bn court reform programme, we have invested in digital systems so that appellants to the SSCS can now lodge their appeal, track its progress and receive the outcome online.</li></ul><p>We have also introduced emergency measures to ensure the tribunal can continue to function safely during the pandemic:</p><ul><li>We have increased our capacity to hold remote hearings by telephone and video link;</li><li>Appeals may also be decided by a judge sitting alone without a hearing using the evidence before them in the case papers;</li><li>HMCTS has also introduced safety measures so that face to face hearings can be held.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The decision on how a hearing is conducted is a matter for the judge, who will determine how best to uphold the interests of justice. In considering the suitability of video/audio hearings to replace face to face hearings, judges will consider matters such as the nature of the dispute at stake and any issues the use of video/audio technology may present for participants in the hearing, having regard to individuals’ needs.</p><p>Statistics on the performance in the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) are regularly published in the statistical bulletin, Tribunal Statistics Quarterly, which are available at the following link: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Publication of SSCS statistics is currently suspended due to data quality issues identified as the Tribunal is migrated to a new operational system. These data will be made available as soon as these issues have been resolved and data quality is assured.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 02/11/2020 13:10:34 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1235021

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost to the public purse is to administer a First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support Appeal) in respect of personal independence payments.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	91066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>Information is held on the overall cost of the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support Appeal), which includes the cost of administering Personal Independence Payment appeals, but not at the requested level of granularity. The information that is available can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2019-to-2020</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 21/09/2020 13:23:53 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1234604

registered interest
date	15/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appellants are waiting for the Tribunals Service to list their First Tier Tribunal Social Security and Child Support appeal in relation to personal independence payment in (a) Coventry, (b) West Midlands and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	90147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>Information about appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) is published at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics.</p><p>As at March 2020 (the latest period for which data are available) there were a total of 440 Personal Independence Payment (PIP)<sup> 1</sup> appeals waiting to be listed in the Coventry venue; 2,466 in the West Midlands<sup>2</sup>; and 21,005 in England<sup>3</sup>.</p><p> </p><p>Social Security &amp; Child Support (SSCS) data is normally registered to the venue nearest to the appellants home address. We cannot retrieve data based on the appellants actual address, but can produce reports detailing the numbers of cases that were dealt with at one of our Regional centres or heard at a specific venue.</p><p>1. PIP (New Claim Appeals) which replaces Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013, also includes PIP Claims (Reassessments)</p><p>2. West Midlands includes the venues: Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Coventry, Nuneaton, Stoke, Shrewsbury, Hereford and Worcester.</p><p>3. Data excludes SSCS Scotland Region and Wales Region.</p><p>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.</p><p>The data may differ slightly to that of the published statistics as these data were run on a different date.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 21/09/2020 13:44:14 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher