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>
www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics.<\/p>
<\/p>
The information requested is in the table below.<\/p>
Benefit<\/p><\/td> | Outcome Type<\/p><\/td> | Quarter 1 (April to June) 2018/19 p<\/sup><\/strong><\/p><\/td> Quarter 2 (July to September) 2018/19 p<\/sup><\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> ESA 1<\/sup><\/p><\/td> Withdrawn<\/p><\/td> 560<\/p><\/td> 505<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Struck out<\/p><\/td> 29<\/p><\/td> 18<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Superseded<\/p><\/td> 2380<\/p><\/td> 1748<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> 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<\/sup><\/strong> Provisional data subject to change.<\/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> 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> Latest figures for ESA (Between April 2014 \u2013 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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, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-04-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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]}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the Employment Support Allowance appeals to the First Tier Tribunal that were cleared without a hearing were (a) withdrawn, (b) struck out and (c) superseded in (a) Quarter 1 and (b) Quarter 2 of 2018-19.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/199", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ms Karen Buck"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Ms Karen Buck"}
], "uin" : "243311"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1111026", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1111026/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Information about outcomes for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at:<\/p> Benefit<\/p><\/td> Outcome Type<\/p><\/td> Quarter 1 (April to June) 2018/19p<\/sup><\/p><\/td> Quarter 2 (July to September) 2018/19p<\/sup><\/p><\/td><\/tr> PIP1<\/sup><\/p><\/td> Withdrawn<\/p><\/td> 895<\/p><\/td> 839<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Struck out<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td> 32<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Superseded<\/p><\/td> 2,470<\/p><\/td> 3,749<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> p <\/sup>Provisional data subject to change<\/p> <\/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 that are available.<\/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>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4362", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Edward Argar"}
}
, "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Charnwood"}
, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Edward Argar"}
, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-04-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2019-04-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
}
], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the personal independence payment appeals to the First Tier Tribunal in that were cleared without a hearing were (a) withdrawn, (b) struck out and (c) superseded in (i) Quarter 1 and (ii) Quarter 2 in 2018-19.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/199", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ms Karen Buck"}
}
, "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Westminster North"}
, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Ms Karen Buck"}
], "uin" : "243312"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1111027", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1111027/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " In 2019/2020 we have invested £210m in the Targeted Affordability Fund, this is based on 50% of the [forecast] savings from the freeze to Local Housing Allowance rates.<\/p> The funding is being used to increase LHA rates in areas where there are the greatest divergences between rates and local rents.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4423", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Will Quince"}
}
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, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Will Quince"}
, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-04-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2019-04-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Local Housing Allowance"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
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}
], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding was reinvested in the targeted affordability fund for local housing allowance rates in 2019-20.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/199", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ms Karen Buck"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Ms Karen Buck"}
], "uin" : "243313"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1111029", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1111029/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Targeted affordability funding is allocated to those rates that have diverged the furthest from local rents. All 960 Local Housing Allowance rates are ranked according to the share of the market they afford, starting with the most divergent and the funding is then applied.<\/p> <\/p> The shared accommodation rate in the central London Broad Rental Market Area was increased via targeted affordability funding in both 2017/18 and 2018/19. In 2019/20 this rate was not eligible for targeted affordability funding as it no longer fell within the range of rates that have diverged the most from local rents.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4423", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Will Quince"}
}
, "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Colchester"}
, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Will Quince"}
, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-04-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-04-15T14:33:31.763Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
]}
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, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
, "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
, "date" : {"_value" : "2019-04-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Local Housing Allowance: Greater London"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
}
], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the shared accommodation rate in the central London broad rental market area will not receive the three per cent uplift through targeted affordability funding in 2019-20.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/199", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ms Karen Buck"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Ms Karen Buck"}
], "uin" : "243314"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1111031", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1111031/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " As of November 2018, 380 households were in receipt of the shared accommodation rate of local housing allowance in the Central London BRMA. This does not include households who are in receipt of the housing element of Universal Credit.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4423", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Will Quince"}
}
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, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Will Quince"}
, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-04-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-04-15T14:51:37.21Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
]}
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, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
, "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
, "date" : {"_value" : "2019-04-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants are in receipt of the shared accommodation rate of local housing allowance in the central London broad rental market area.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/199", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ms Karen Buck"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Ms Karen Buck"}
], "uin" : "243315"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1111033", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1111033/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The information requested is in the table below.<\/strong><\/p> <\/p> Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Shared Accommodation Rates<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Proportion<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2017/2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 22 <\/strong><\/p><\/td> 11%<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2018/2019<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 60<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 31%<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2019/2020<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 87<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 45%<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4423", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Will Quince"}
}
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, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Will Quince"}
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, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-04-15T14:47:10.017Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
]}
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, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
, "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
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, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of the 192 shared accommodation rates of local housing allowance have been uprated as a result of the targeted affordability fund in each year since this was introduced.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/199", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ms Karen Buck"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Ms Karen Buck"}
], "uin" : "243316"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1111037", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1111037/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " There are no plans to ask the Valuation Office Agency to undertake any research in this area.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4423", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Will Quince"}
}
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, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Will Quince"}
, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-04-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-04-15T14:55:01.947Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
]}
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, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
, "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
, "date" : {"_value" : "2019-04-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Local Housing Allowance: Greater London"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will direct the Valuation Office Agency to undertake research into the reasons why low numbers of rooms in London are available for letting (a) at and (b) below the shared accommodation rate of local housing allowance.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/199", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ms Karen Buck"}
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], "uin" : "243317"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1111043", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1111043/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The number of households aged 25-34 who are entitled to the Shared Accommodation Rate is available on Stat-Xplore from January 2013 onwards.<\/p> <\/p> |