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<p>(1) Information about waiting times for appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social
Security and Child Support), including (a) Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
and (b) Personal Independence Payment (PIP), is published at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics.</p><p>
</p><p>(2) HM Courts & Tribunals Service administers appeals from appellants living
in England, Scotland, and Wales (Great Britain) and not the United Kingdom. The Northern
Ireland Courts & Tribunals Service administers appeals from appellants living
in Northern Ireland. The data requested at 2(a) and (b) for appellants in Great Britain
are not held centrally, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures (between April 2014 – September 2018) indicate that
3.9m ESA (post WCA) decisions have been made. Of these, 8% have been appealed and
4% have been overturned. For PIP, the latest figures (to December 2018) indicate that
since it was introduced, 3.9 million decisions have been made. Of these 10% have been
appealed and 5% have been overturned at tribunals.</p><p> </p>
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