Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Guy Opperman and Colleen Fletcher

Monday 21st May 2018 Commons Chamber

[Guy Opperman]

I would be delighted to take up that specific example and will definitely take it forward. I remind my hon. Friend that 12,000 people have been auto-enrolled in his constituency.

[Colleen Fletcher (Coventry North East) (Lab)]

The latest quarterly figures show that in Coventry, 81% of PIP, 76% of ESA, 83% of income support and 100% of jobseeker’s allowance appeals heard by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service were decided in favour of the appellant. Does the Minister accept that the high proportion of successful appeals highlights the flawed nature of the DWP’s decision-making processes?