Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time was for jobseeker's allowance tribunals in (a) Newport East constituency, (b) Wales and (c) the UK in each of the last seven years.
The tables below provide the requested information:
| The average time from receipt (weeks)1 in HM Courts & Tribunals Service to outcome Newport East2 | ||||||
Year3 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 |
Personal Independence Payment4 | ~8 | ~ | ~ | 5.1 | 12.3 | 18.4 | 13.9 |
Employment and Support Allowance5 | 17.9 | 19.7 | 11.7 | 14.2 | 13 | 16.7 | 13.5 |
Income support | 18 | 25.8 | 18.8 | 19.6 | 33.9 | 27.6 | 34.3 |
Tax Credit6 | 14.3 | 19.8 | 22.9 | 12.5 | 13.3 | 26.3 | 14.6 |
Jobseekers Allowance | 15.4 | 19.5 | 13 | 13.1 | 19 | 22.4 | 30.2 |
| The average time from receipt (weeks) 1 in HM Courts & Tribunals Service to outcome Wales | ||||||
Year3 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 |
Personal Independence Payment4 | ~8 | ~ | ~ | 4.3 | 12.9 | 16.4 | 16.8 |
Employment and Support Allowance5 | 20.7 | 21.3 | 13.3 | 17.3 | 14.6 | 16.1 | 15.4 |
Income support | 22.1 | 26.8 | 22.2 | 19.5 | 28.7 | 29.8 | 33.1 |
Tax Credit6 | 19.3 | 22.9 | 26.2 | 15.1 | 15.3 | 24.6 | 14.9 |
Jobseekers Allowance | 17.5 | 20.5 | 13 | 12.7 | 17.4 | 16 | 27.6 |
| The average time from receipt (weeks) 1 in HM Courts & Tribunals Service to outcome Great Britain7 | ||||||
Year3 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 |
Personal Independence Payment4 | ~8 | ~ | ~ | 9.4 | 14.2 | 15.7 | 15.6 |
Employment and Support Allowance5 | 19.4 | 22.8 | 17.2 | 21.3 | 26.8 | 15.7 | 14.4 |
Income support | 20 | 24.6 | 20.5 | 19.7 | 29.2 | 24.2 | 23.4 |
Tax Credit6 | 15.8 | 18.7 | 23 | 15.9 | 16.5 | 22.4 | 17.2 |
Jobseekers Allowance | 12.7 | 13.9 | 10.8 | 11.4 | 23.4 | 15.8 | 19.3 |
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 are the best data that are available.