Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many claimants have had their tribunal appointment rescheduled due to insufficient time on the day in the last 12 months.

The number of tribunal hearings rescheduled, due to insufficient time on the day, in the last 12 months¹, is 1354. This is out of 210937 cases listed, representing less than 1%.

The current average waiting time for Employment and Support Allowance appeals is 17.7 weeks².

Information on the current average waiting time for rescheduled tribunal hearings is not held centrally.

¹ Last 12 months for which data are available, in line with published statistics: July 16 to June 17

² The most recent period for which data are available, the first quarter of the financial year April 2017 to June 2017

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 is the best data that is available.