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<p>HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) does not hold accurate information on
the volumes of appeals received against claims for Employment and Support Allowance
(ESA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP).</p><p> </p><p>The tables below provide
information on the number of appeals against decisions taken on ESA and PIP claims
that were found in favour of the appellant in Birkenhead and Great Britain<sub>1</sub>.</p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="6"><p><strong>ESA claims (excluding reassessment decisions)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Great
Britain<sub>1</sub></strong></p></td><td><p>62,147</p></td><td><p>56,042</p></td><td><p>88,946</p></td><td><p>24,979</p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">43,773</del><ins class="ministerial">25,831</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Birkenhead</strong></p></td><td><p>306</p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td><p>664</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>277</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>PIP<sub>2</sub> claims (excluding
reassessment decisions)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Great
Britain<sub>1</sub></strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>3,374</p></td><td><p><del
class="ministerial">42,354</del><ins class="ministerial">20,659</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Birkenhead</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><sub>1 </sub>HMCTS administer appeals received from appellants living in England,
Scotland and Wales. The Appeals Service, part of the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals
Service, administers appeals from appellants living in Northern Ireland.</p><p><sub>2
</sub>PIP started to replace Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for people aged 16
to 64 from 8 April 2013.</p><p> </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.</p><p> </p>
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