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<table><tbody><tr><td><p>It is important that appeals are heard as quickly as possible.
The Ministry of Justice recognises that there are delays in the system and is in the
process of recruiting extra judicial office holders to help deal with this. In the
Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) jurisdiction, which is the part of the tribunal
system which deals with personal independence payment appeals, 225 new medical members
have already been appointed and 119 disability-qualified members have recently been
recruited. The SSCS jurisdiction will also benefit from the fact that 250 fee-paid
judges and 100 salaried judges are being recruited across tribunals more widely. In
addition, we have recently launched a new digital service to enable speedier processing
of appeals and provide a better service for all parties to the proceedings. Information
on the new digital service can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-online-service-launched-for-pip-appeals"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-online-service-launched-for-pip-appeals</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
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