Social Security Benefits: Wales
(asked on 1st February 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time to wait is for a reconsideration of a benefit decision by (a) his Department and (b) a tribunal hearing in (i) Ogmore and (ii) Wales in the latest period for which figures are available.
The published statistics in relation to Employment and Support Allowance reconsideration clearance times in the Great Britain are in the link below:
The information requested in relation to other benefit reconsiderations is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
The latest information from Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service for appeal clearance times for the areas that cover Ogmore, Wales and the UK in the period April – September 2015, is as follows:
Area1 | Waiting Time (Weeks) |
|
Cardiff | 16.6 |
|
Port Talbot | 18.5 |
|
Wales | 17.7 |
|
UK | 18 |
|
Source: HMCTS MI System Feb 16 Note: The data is normally registered to the venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service cannot retrieve data based on the appellant’s actual address, but can produce reports detailing the numbers of cases that were dealt with at one of its Regional centres. The majority of appellants living in the Ogmore area have their appeals heard in the Cardiff venues, though some may be heard in Port Talbot. | ||