Waiting times for appeals against decisions made about Personal Independence Payment (PIP) are published at:<\/p>
www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics<\/p>
<\/p>
Average waiting times1<\/sup> for PIP2<\/sup> appeals in Garston and Halewood3<\/sup> between July 2018 to June 2019 (the latest 12 month period for which data are available) are included in the table below:<\/p> <\/p> Month<\/p><\/td> Waiting time (in weeks)4<\/sup><\/p><\/td><\/tr> July 2018<\/p><\/td> 34<\/p><\/td><\/tr> August 2018<\/p><\/td> 35<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2018<\/p><\/td> 37<\/p><\/td><\/tr> October 2018<\/p><\/td> 38<\/p><\/td><\/tr> November 2018<\/p><\/td> 38<\/p><\/td><\/tr> December 2018<\/p><\/td> 39<\/p><\/td><\/tr> January 2019<\/p><\/td> 37<\/p><\/td><\/tr> February 2019<\/p><\/td> 40<\/p><\/td><\/tr> March 2019<\/p><\/td> 36<\/p><\/td><\/tr> April 2019 p<\/sup><\/p><\/td> 37<\/p><\/td><\/tr> May 2019 p<\/sup><\/p><\/td> 35<\/p><\/td><\/tr> June 2019 p<\/sup><\/p><\/td> 37<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> 1. <\/sup>Waiting time is interpreted as average clearance time \u2013 time taken from appeal receipt to outcome.<\/p> 2. <\/sup>PIP (New Claim Appeals), which is replacing Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013, and also includes Disability Living Allowance Reassessed cases.<\/p> 3. <\/sup>SSCS data are recorded by the office that dealt with the case, and if the case went to oral hearing, the location of the tribunal hearing, which is normally the hearing venue nearest to the appellant\u2019s home address. Cases relating to the Garston and Halewood constituency are attributed to the Liverpool venue.<\/p> 4. <\/sup>Includes all cases cleared both with and without a tribunal hearing, in line with the published statistics.<\/p> p. <\/sup>Provisional data which are subject to change.<\/p> <\/p> Waiting times are calculated from receipt of an 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> It is important that appeals are heard as quickly as possible. HMCTS recognises there are delays in the system and it is in the process of recruiting more judicial office holders in order to increase capacity and help to reduce waiting times for appellants. This includes 250 judges across the First-tier Tribunal, 125 disability qualified members and up to 230 medical members.<\/p> <\/p> In addition, HMCTS has recently launched a new digital service with a view to enabling speedier processing of appeals. Information on the new digital service can be found at: www.gov.uk/appeal-benefit-decision/submit-appeal.<\/p> <\/p> HMCTS is also working with the Department for Work and Pensions to understand what could be done to reduce the number of appeals being submitted to the Tribunal, through their focus on improving decision-making and the mandatory reconsideration process.<\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1051364/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Financial Year<\/p><\/td> Number of operational court and tribunal buildings in Merseyside, position at the end of the financial year<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2017/18<\/p><\/td> 7<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2016/17<\/p><\/td> 7<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2015/16*<\/p><\/td> 7<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2014/15<\/p><\/td> 8<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013/14<\/p><\/td> 8<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012/13<\/p><\/td> 9<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011/12<\/p><\/td> 9<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010/11<\/p><\/td> 12<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>* In 2015/16 Liverpool Magistrates\u2019 Court (Dale street) was integrated into the Liverpool Single Centre for Crime QEII building. While this resulted in a building closure, the court was relocated nearby in Liverpool rather than closed. The decision to close a court is never taken lightly. For each court closure, we conducted a public consultation exercise and considered the responses we received very carefully. The Lord Chancellor has only agreed to close courts when satisfied that effective access to justice would be maintained.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"}
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It is Law Commission policy to publish a full analysis of consultation responses for all its projects, so this information will be published in due course.<\/p>"}
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