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<p>Information about the average clearance times for personal independence payment
(PIP) 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 clearance times for PIP appeals at (a) the hearing venue covering Battersea
and (b) nationally from 2015/16; data for the preceding two years are provided below.</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Personal Independence Payment<sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Fox Court <sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>National</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial
Year</p></td><td><p>Average Clearance Time (in weeks)</p></td><td><p>Average Clearance
Time (in weeks)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li>PIP
was introduced in April 2013 and replaced Disability Living Allowance</li><li>Appeals
for those people living in the Battersea area are heard in the Fox Court venue</li></ol><p>~
There were insufficient cases in this period to provide a statistically robust average</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.</p><p> </p><p>Clearance 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 December 2018) indicate that
since PIP was introduced, 3.9 million decisions have been made, and of these 10% have
been appealed and 5% have been overturned at tribunals.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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