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date	22/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
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hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals
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legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals relating to Employment Support Allowance claims are awaiting a hearing (a) nationally, (b) by region, (c) by Tribunal Office and (d) by hearing venue; what the average length of time between such appeals being (i) lodged and (ii) heard is (A) nationally, (B) by region, (C) by Tribunal Office and (D) by hearing venue; and in how many cases the length of time waited has exceeded this average (1) nationally, (2) by region, (3) by Tribunal Office and (4) by hearing venue as of 22 April 2024.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	22889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>The tables below set out the number of Personal Independence Payment, Disability Living Allowance, Employment Support Allowance and Universal Credit appeals awaiting a hearing (a) nationally, (b) by region, and (d) by hearing venue as at end of December 2023 (the latest period for which data are available). There are no separate data collated at (c) tribunal office level.</p><p>Information about the average length of time between appeals being lodged and heard; and in how many case the length of time waited has exceeded this average is not held centrally.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Personal Independence Payment<sup>1</sup> at December 23<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Region / Venue</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Open Caseload</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ready To List</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Listed For Hearing</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>London</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6804</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3861</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>980</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bexleyheath</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East London</p></td><td><p>1543</p></td><td><p>905</p></td><td><p>234</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enfield</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fox Court</p></td><td><p>3318</p></td><td><p>1846</p></td><td><p>483</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hatton Cross</p></td><td><p>243</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romford</p></td><td><p>512</p></td><td><p>353</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sutton</p></td><td><p>1160</p></td><td><p>647</p></td><td><p>121</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9330</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5052</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1369</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>1984</p></td><td><p>1007</p></td><td><p>354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Boston</p></td><td><p>202</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chesterfield</p></td><td><p>457</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>698</p></td><td><p>442</p></td><td><p>71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derby</p></td><td><p>701</p></td><td><p>417</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hereford</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kidderminster</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p>813</p></td><td><p>415</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincoln</p></td><td><p>427</p></td><td><p>258</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northampton</p></td><td><p>488</p></td><td><p>328</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>1135</p></td><td><p>610</p></td><td><p>168</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nuneaton</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shrewsbury</p></td><td><p>333</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke</p></td><td><p>427</p></td><td><p>228</p></td><td><p>63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall</p></td><td><p>316</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wellingborough</p></td><td><p>196</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton</p></td><td><p>637</p></td><td><p>262</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcester</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North East</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7061</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3468</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1316</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedlington</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Berwick</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford</p></td><td><p>691</p></td><td><p>334</p></td><td><p>131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darlington</p></td><td><p>356</p></td><td><p>195</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>316</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>333</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grimsby</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Huddersfield</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hull</p></td><td><p>342</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>514</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle</p></td><td><p>332</p></td><td><p>122</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Shields</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scarborough</p></td><td><p>158</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>737</p></td><td><p>381</p></td><td><p>119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Shields</p></td><td><p>233</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland</p></td><td><p>545</p></td><td><p>349</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Teesside</p></td><td><p>871</p></td><td><p>581</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>687</p></td><td><p>322</p></td><td><p>138</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North West</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7362</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4250</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1066</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barrow</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birkenhead</p></td><td><p>355</p></td><td><p>223</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn</p></td><td><p>311</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool</p></td><td><p>355</p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p>414</p></td><td><p>231</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burnley</p></td><td><p>263</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carlisle</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chester</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>315</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancaster</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>1023</p></td><td><p>495</p></td><td><p>155</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>1319</p></td><td><p>821</p></td><td><p>164</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preston</p></td><td><p>248</p></td><td><p>123</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochdale</p></td><td><p>436</p></td><td><p>216</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens</p></td><td><p>512</p></td><td><p>301</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockport</p></td><td><p>699</p></td><td><p>451</p></td><td><p>68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td><td><p>427</p></td><td><p>267</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Workington</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>263</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>68</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>114</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ayr</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dumfries (Cairndale)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dundee</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dunfermline</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Galashiels</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenock</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hamilton</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inverness</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kilmarnock</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirkcaldy</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oban</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stirling</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stranraer</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wick</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South East</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7696</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4930</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>574</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashford</p></td><td><p>556</p></td><td><p>349</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Basildon</p></td><td><p>264</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton</p></td><td><p>842</p></td><td><p>541</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>238</p></td><td><p>122</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chatham</p></td><td><p>466</p></td><td><p>355</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>408</p></td><td><p>265</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastbourne</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hastings</p></td><td><p>243</p></td><td><p>177</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Wycombe</p></td><td><p>321</p></td><td><p>192</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ipswich</p></td><td><p>411</p></td><td><p>283</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kings Lynn</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>363</p></td><td><p>229</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Margate</p></td><td><p>257</p></td><td><p>162</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Milton Keynes</p></td><td><p>212</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>659</p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford</p></td><td><p>311</p></td><td><p>216</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>307</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>361</p></td><td><p>224</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southend</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stevenage</p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Watford</p></td><td><p>740</p></td><td><p>502</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South West</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5916</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3428</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>625</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unallocated <sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>177</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aldershot</p></td><td><p>289</p></td><td><p>162</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnstaple</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>1167</p></td><td><p>724</p></td><td><p>122</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exeter</p></td><td><p>224</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucester</p></td><td><p>432</p></td><td><p>257</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Havant</p></td><td><p>657</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport IOW</p></td><td><p>222</p></td><td><p>153</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newton Abbot</p></td><td><p>246</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>384</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poole</p></td><td><p>441</p></td><td><p>249</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salisbury</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton</p></td><td><p>606</p></td><td><p>401</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swindon</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>218</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taunton</p></td><td><p>239</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Truro</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worle</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4181</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2180</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>514</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberystwyth</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caernarfon</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>1746</p></td><td><p>949</p></td><td><p>250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthen</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haverfordwest</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Langstone, Newport</p></td><td><p>793</p></td><td><p>459</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llandrindod Wells</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llangefni</p></td><td><p>199</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Port Talbot</p></td><td><p>305</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prestatyn</p></td><td><p>277</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea</p></td><td><p>194</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Welshpool</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wrexham</p></td><td><p>256</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SSCS Regional Centre Not Known</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>National</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>48623</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27241</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6558</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Disability Living Allowance at December 23<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Region / Venue</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Open Caseload</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ready To List</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Listed For Hearing</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>London</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>592</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>426</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>73</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East London</p></td><td><p>149</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enfield</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fox Court</p></td><td><p>264</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hatton Cross</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romford</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sutton</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>597</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>394</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>91</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>164</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Boston</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chesterfield</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derby</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hereford</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kidderminster</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincoln</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northampton</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nuneaton</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shrewsbury</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wellingborough</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcester</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North East</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>489</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>326</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>68</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedlington</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darlington</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grimsby</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Huddersfield</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hull</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Shields</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scarborough</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Shields</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Teesside</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North West</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>535</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>372</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>87</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barrow</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birkenhead</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burnley</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carlisle</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chester</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancaster</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preston</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochdale</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockport</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Workington</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ayr</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dundee</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inverness</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirkcaldy</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South East</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>555</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>427</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>52</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashford</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Basildon</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chatham</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastbourne</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hastings</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Wycombe</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ipswich</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kings Lynn</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Margate</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Milton Keynes</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southend</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stevenage</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Watford</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South West</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>394</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>266</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>45</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unallocated <sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aldershot</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnstaple</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exeter</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucester</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Havant</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport IOW</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newton Abbot</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poole</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salisbury</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swindon</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taunton</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Truro</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worle</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>247</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>148</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>35</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberystwyth</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caernarfon</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthen</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haverfordwest</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Langstone, Newport</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llandrindod Wells</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llangefni</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Port Talbot</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prestatyn</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Welshpool</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wrexham</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SSCS Regional Centre Not Known</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>National</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3418</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2361</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>454</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Employment and Support Allowance<sup>4 </sup>at December 23<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Region / Venue</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Open Caseload</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ready To List</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Listed For Hearing</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>London</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>380</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>158</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>28</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East London</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enfield</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fox Court</p></td><td><p>149</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hatton Cross</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romford</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sutton</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>667</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>351</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>88</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Boston</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chesterfield</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derby</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hereford</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kidderminster</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincoln</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northampton</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nuneaton</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shrewsbury</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wellingborough</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcester</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North East</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>468</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>188</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>62</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedlington</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darlington</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grimsby</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hull</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Shields</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scarborough</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Shields</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Teesside</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North West</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>323</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>82</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>72</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barrow</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birkenhead</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burnley</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carlisle</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chester</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancaster</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preston</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochdale</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockport</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Workington</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>214</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>70</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ayr</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Campbeltown Centre</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dumfries (Cairndale)</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dundee</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dunfermline</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Galashiels</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenock</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hamilton</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inverness</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kilmarnock</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirkcaldy</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lerwick</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stirling</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South East</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>420</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>209</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>48</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashford</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Basildon</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chatham</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastbourne</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hastings</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Wycombe</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ipswich</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kings Lynn</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Margate</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Milton Keynes</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southend</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stevenage</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Watford</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South West</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>490</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>295</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unallocated <sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aldershot</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnstaple</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exeter</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucester</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Havant</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport IOW</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newton Abbot</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poole</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salisbury</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swindon</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taunton</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Truro</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worle</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>434</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>278</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberystwyth</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caernarfon</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthen</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haverfordwest</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Langstone, Newport</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llandrindod Wells</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llangefni</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Port Talbot</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prestatyn</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Welshpool</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wrexham</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SSCS Regional Centre Not Known</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>National</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3399</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1581</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>398</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Universal Credit<sup>5 </sup>at December 23<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Region / Venue</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Open Caseload</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ready To List</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Listed For Hearing</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>London</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2659</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1361</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>215</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East London</p></td><td><p>566</p></td><td><p>294</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enfield</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fox Court</p></td><td><p>1468</p></td><td><p>754</p></td><td><p>94</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hatton Cross</p></td><td><p>102</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romford</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sutton</p></td><td><p>346</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2602</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1489</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>406</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>713</p></td><td><p>381</p></td><td><p>142</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Boston</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chesterfield</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>202</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derby</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hereford</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kidderminster</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p>265</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincoln</p></td><td><p>123</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northampton</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>253</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nuneaton</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shrewsbury</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wellingborough</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton</p></td><td><p>218</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcester</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North East</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>385</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedlington</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Berwick</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford</p></td><td><p>208</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darlington</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grimsby</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Huddersfield</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hull</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle</p></td><td><p>229</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Shields</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scarborough</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Shields</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Teesside</p></td><td><p>227</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North West</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1512</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>572</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>308</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barrow</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birkenhead</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burnley</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carlisle</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chester</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancaster</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>179</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>467</p></td><td><p>226</p></td><td><p>112</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preston</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochdale</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockport</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Workington</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>658</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>187</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>219</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ayr</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dumfries (Cairndale)</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dundee</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dunfermline</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Galashiels</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>206</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenock</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hamilton</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inverness</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kilmarnock</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirkcaldy</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirkwall</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lerwick</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewis</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oban</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stirling</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stranraer</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wick</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South East</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2002</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1053</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>321</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashford</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Basildon</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chatham</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastbourne</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hastings</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Wycombe</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ipswich</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kings Lynn</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Margate</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Milton Keynes</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southend</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stevenage</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Watford</p></td><td><p>235</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South West</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1744</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1121</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>65</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unallocated <sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aldershot</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnstaple</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>342</p></td><td><p>219</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exeter</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucester</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Havant</p></td><td><p>187</p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport IOW</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newton Abbot</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poole</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salisbury</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton</p></td><td><p>162</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swindon</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taunton</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Truro</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worle</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>712</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>62</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberystwyth</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caernarfon</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>389</p></td><td><p>277</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthen</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haverfordwest</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Langstone, Newport</p></td><td><p>179</p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llandrindod Wells</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llangefni</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Port Talbot</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prestatyn</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Welshpool</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wrexham</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>National</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14203</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7507</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1981</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>From April 2023 the SSCS Tribunal started to list cases using a new Scheduling and Listing solution. This, alongside HMCTS migrating to a new Strategic Data Platform, has resulted in some cases heard and decided using this new listing solution not currently being included in the data above.</p><p>1. Personal Independence Payment (New Claim Appeals) which replaces Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013, also includes Personal Independence Clams (Reassessments)</p><p>2. Data pulled 23/4/2024</p><p>3. Unallocated relates to appeals that have not yet been allocated to a venue.</p><p>4. Data includes Employment and Support Allowance and Incapacity Benefit reassessment. Employment and Support Allowance was introduced in October 2008 and Incapacity Benefit reassessment followed in October 2010.</p><p>5. Universal Credit was introduced on 29 April 2013 in selected areas of Greater Manchester and Cheshire, and has been gradually rolled out to the rest of the UK from October 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that the data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when data are used.</p><p>Management information reflects the data held on the case management system, which is subject to change, and can differ from the quality-assured MOJ official statistics, which form the agreed definitive position.</p><p>Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that the data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when data are used.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 22887 22888 22890 question first answered 25/04/2024 12:57:31 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1613118

registered interest
date	21/04/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) Employment and Support Allowance hearings where his Department was the respondent were attended by an official from his Department in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	182161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>From January to December 2022, there were 53,010 first-tier tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) Personal Independence Payment appeals. Of these, 13,600 (26%) were attended by a presenting officer.</p><p> </p><p>From January to December 2022, there were 4,940 first-tier tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) Employment and Support Allowance appeals. Of these, 1,190 (24%) were attended by a presenting officer.</p><p> </p><p>Information available within cost shows that from January to December 2022, HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service listed 4,840 Child Maintenance Service appeals. Of these 2,130 (44%) were allocated to a presenting officer to attend.</p><p> </p><p>Please note:</p><p> </p><ul><li>This information is derived from internal administrative data and is not quality assured to Official Statistics standards;</li><li>This data is unpublished. It should be used with caution, and it may be subject to future revision;</li><li>We have provided data up to December 2022, in line with published statistics;</li><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 and percentages are rounded to the nearest percent; and</li></ul><ul><li>Appeals data is taken from the DWP computer system’s management information. Therefore, this appeal data may differ from that held by His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for various reasons, such as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.</li></ul> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 182160 182162 question first answered 02/05/2023 10:09:56 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1603103

registered interest
date	10/03/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the average cost associated with overturning an ESA decision.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	162510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2023 answer text <p>The average DWP cost of an ESA reconsideration and appeal is £202 and £377 respectively. This is the cost of processing a reconsideration or an appeal, irrespective of the outcome (i.e., whether the decision is overturned or not). The data held does not allow this information to be split.</p><p> </p><p>The cost figures quoted are estimated DWP level 1 operating costs, including both direct delivery staff and non-staff costs. Non-staff costs are only those costs incurred in local cost centres, relating to direct delivery staff. The financial period covered by this information is 2021/22.</p><p> </p><p>Staff expenditure includes the cost of Decision Makers and administrative staff, as well as DWP Presenting Officers for appeals. Presenting Officers attend some tribunals.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that the data supplied is from the Departmental Activity Based Models. This data is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal departmental use only, and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standards. It should therefore be treated with caution. The Departmental Activity Based staffing models are a snapshot of how many people were identified as undertaking specified activities as assigned by line managers.</p><p> </p><p>The data is frequently revised and changes to definitions/benefits/DWP structure effect comparisons over time. It should therefore be treated with caution and must be seen as an indication of cost, rather than the actual cost.</p><p /><p>Figures quoted include both ESA WCA and Non-WCA costs (Work Capability Assessment).</p><p> </p><p>The DWP cover the administration costs of an appeal. However, the department is unable to provide the total government spend on defending appeals.</p><p> </p><p>This is because appeals are a joint process between the DWP and HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS). The DWP do not handle tribunals for appeals; the cost of handling appeal tribunals sits with HMCTS, and we do not hold their cost information. If this information was required, we would suggest that this element of your request be submitted to HMCTS.</p><p> </p><p>Data Source: ABM</p><p> </p><p> </p><p /><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 15/03/2023 14:02:28 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1452784

registered interest
date	21/03/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her Department's policy is on the length of time taken to resume Employment and Support Allowance Payments following a successful appeal.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	143684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>We aim to resume payment within 48 hours of receipt from HMCTS.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 24/03/2022 15:10:46 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1363592

registered interest
date	26/10/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance first-tier Tribunal appeals were lapsed between January and March 2021.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	63814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 63815 question first answered 02/11/2021 18:05:12 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1363595

registered interest
date	26/10/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance first-tier Tribunal appeals were lapsed between April and June 2021.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	63815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 63814 question first answered 02/11/2021 18:05:12 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1238699

registered interest
date	29/09/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, further to the High Court judgment in the case of Connor v SSWP, how many people have had employment and support allowance payments withheld while awaiting a mandatory reconsideration of her Department's decision to refuse that benefit since 2013.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	96961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>In law there is no entitlement to Employment and Support Allowance during the Mandatory Reconsideration period, therefore benefit is not being withheld.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 05/10/2020 13:25:42 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1237705

registered interest
date	24/09/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time taken was for her Department to undertake a mandatory reconsideration of its decision to refuse employment and support allowance in each year since 2013.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	95151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>Statistics on Employment and Support Allowance Work Capability Assessment (WCA) Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) clearance times by reason for raising an MR are published quarterly and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p>The relevant table is: ESA Work Capability Assessments – Mandatory Reconsideration Clearances – Table 4, Median Clearance Times by Date of Decision.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p><p>The MR average clearance times is derived using calendar days by calculating the median of the time taken from the date the Benefit Centre (BC) has decided the MR to be valid, having considered any new information, until the date the decision is cleared by the decision maker at the Dispute Resolution Team (DRT).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 30/09/2020 15:30:41 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1237706

registered interest
date	24/09/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether (a) she or (b) the Minister of State for Disabled People authorised her Department’s decision to contest Mr Connor’s legal challenge against its policy of withholding payment of employment and support allowance while it determines a request for mandatory reconsideration of that benefit.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	95152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions has not appealed against the High Court judgment in the case of Connor v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, and is in the process of implementing the judgment. Claimants who are entitled to ESA payment pending appeal will no longer need to pursue a mandatory reconsideration before lodging an appeal at the First-tier Tribunal.</p><p> </p><p>As with all such challenges against a departmental policy, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions is the Respondent.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 95153 question first answered 30/09/2020 15:34:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1237707

registered interest
date	24/09/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the High Court judgment in the case of Connor v SSWP, if she will take steps to ensure that people who have requested a mandatory reconsideration of her Department’s decision to refuse their claim for employment and support allowance (ESA) are paid the assessment rate of ESA while they await the outcome of that mandatory reconsideration.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	95153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions has not appealed against the High Court judgment in the case of Connor v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, and is in the process of implementing the judgment. Claimants who are entitled to ESA payment pending appeal will no longer need to pursue a mandatory reconsideration before lodging an appeal at the First-tier Tribunal.</p><p> </p><p>As with all such challenges against a departmental policy, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions is the Respondent.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 95152 question first answered 30/09/2020 15:34:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft