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<p>Information about the average waiting time for (a) personal independence payment
(PIP) and (b) employment and support allowance (ESA) appeals, to the First-tier Tribunal
(Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p>
</p><p>SSCS appeals are listed into the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s home
address. The published data (which can be viewed at the link above) provide information
about waiting times for PIP and ESA appeals for hearing venues covering (i) Leeds
and (ii) England for the period July – September 2018, the latest period for which
data are available.</p><p> </p><p>Waiting times are calculated from receipt of the
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>Latest figures (to June 2018) indicate that
since PIP was introduced, 3.5 million decisions have been made, and of these, 9% have
been appealed and 4% have been overturned at tribunals. For ESA, 3.5m ESA (post Work
Capability Assessment) decisions have been made between April 2014 and March 2018
and of these, 8% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned at tribunals.</p><p>
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