Social Security Benefits: Appeals

(asked on 2nd December 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases there have been in which people have been declared fit for work and then went on to win an appeal against her Department in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England in each of the last three years.


Answered by
Justin Tomlinson Portrait
Justin Tomlinson
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 7th December 2020

Statistics on Employment and Support Allowance Work Capability Assessment (WCA) outcomes are published quarterly. The latest figures covering the outcome of completed initial and repeat WCAs, including appeals decisions and mandatory reconsiderations, can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-and-support-allowance-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessment

Additional geographical breakdowns of the ESA WCA figures can be found at:

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/

Guidance for users is available at:

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html

The information requested for Universal Credit is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

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