Social Security Benefits: Appeals
(asked on 10th July 2018) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2018 to Question 154703 on Social Security Benefits: Appeals, how many decisions made on (a) personal independence payment, (b) employment support allowance and (c) universal credit have been appealed in England in each of the last three years.
Latest figures indicate that since PIP was introduced, more than 3.1 million decisions have been made, and of these 4% have been overturned. For ESA 4% have been overturned at tribunals.
The information requested is set out in the table below:
England1 | |||
Financial Years April- March | Personal Independence Payment (PIP)2 | Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)3 | Universal Credit4 |
Receipts | Receipts | Receipts | |
2015-2016 | 49117 | 45625 | 641 |
2016-2017 | 82931 | 72764 | 1451 |
2017-20185 | 93142 | 71566 | 5570 |
1 Data based on HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) regions in England.
2 Personal Independence Payment (New Claim Appeals and Reassessments) which replaces Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013.
3 ESA which was rolled out from October 2008 and ESA (Incapacity Benefit Reassessment) rolled out from April 2011.
4 Universal Credit is a social security benefit in the United Kingdom introduced in a few jobcentres in the North-West of England from 2013, a gradual roll out across the rest of Britain is ongoing.
5 Data for the period April 17 to March 18 are provisional data and subject to change.