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<p>The information requested is set out in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td
rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Barnsley</strong><sup>1</sup></p></td><td
colspan="2"><p><strong>United Kingdom</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Average
Clearance Time in weeks</strong><sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESA</strong><sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p><strong>PIP</strong><sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p><strong>ESA</strong><sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p><strong>PIP</strong><sup>4</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January
2017</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February
2017</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March
2017</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April
2017 <sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May
2017<sup> 5</sup></p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June
2017<sup> 5</sup></p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July
2017<sup> 5</sup></p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August
2017<sup> 5</sup></p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September
2017<sup> 5</sup></p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October
2017<sup> 5</sup></p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November
2017<sup> 5</sup></p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December
2017<sup> 5</sup></p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-Dec
2017<sup> 5</sup></p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><sup>1</sup> Social Security and Child Support data are attributed to hearing
venue nearest to the appellant’s home address, Barnsley data includes all cases attributed
to the Barnsley Venue.</p><p> </p><p><sup>2</sup> Average Waiting Time is interpreted
as the Average Clearance Time - the time taken for appeal receipt to outcome. Includes
appeals</p><p>disposed of and is inclusive of both those cleared at hearing and those
cleared without the need of a tribunal hearing.</p><p> </p><p><sup>3</sup> Includes
Employment and Support Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Reassessments).</p><p>
</p><p><sup>4</sup> Personal Independence Payment (New Claim Appeals) replaced Disability
Living Allowance on 8 April 2013, and also includes Personal Independence Payment
Clams (Reassessments).</p><p> </p><p><sup>5</sup> Provisional data subject to change.</p><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 available.</p><p> </p><p>The data may differ slightly to that of
the published statistics as these data were run on a different date.</p><p> </p><p>Clearance
times are dependent on several factors, such as hearing capacity at the venue closest
to the appellant, or the local availability of Tribunal panel members. Other factors
might include the availability of the appellant or their representative, or the provision
of further evidence.</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures indicate that since PIP was introduced,
more than 3.1 million decisions have been made, and of these under 9% have been appealed
and 4% have been overturned. For ESA the figure is only 8% of decisions made were
appealed and 4% have been overturned at tribunals.</p>
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