Social Security Benefits: Appeals

(asked on 14th December 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2022 to Question 63290 on Social Security Benefits: Appeals, how many appeals have been lodged following a decision made under the Risk Review Process; and what proportion of those appeals have (a) lapsed and (b) been overturned by the tribunal as of 14 December 2022.


Answered by
Tom Pursglove Portrait
Tom Pursglove
Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
This question was answered on 20th December 2022

From 21 January 2022, when we started collating figures, there have been 175 appeals lodged under the Risk Review Process.

Of those that have reached an outcome, there are 24 (13.7%) that have lapsed and 23 (13.1%) that have been overturned by the tribunal.

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