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<p>Information about outcomes for 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>The information requested is in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Benefit</p></td><td><p>Outcome
Type</p></td><td><p>Quarter 1 (April to June) 2018/19<strong><sup> p</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>Quarter
2 (July to September) 2018/19<strong><sup> p</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>ESA<sup>
1</sup></p></td><td><p>Withdrawn</p></td><td><p>560</p></td><td><p>505</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Struck
out</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Superseded</p></td><td><p>2380</p></td><td><p>1748</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup>1</sup>Data
includes ESA and Incapacity Benefit reassessment. ESA was introduced in October 2008
and Incapacity Benefit reassessment followed in October 2010.</p><p><strong><sup>p</sup></strong>
Provisional data subject to change.</p><p>An SSCS appeal may be captured more than
once as a hearing or non-hearing clearance should the original decision be overturned,
set aside or an Upper Tribunal re-hearing is granted.</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> </p><p> </p><p>Latest figures for ESA (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.</p>
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