Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many decisions taken on claims for (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payments have been appealed in (i) St Helens North constituency and (ii) Merseyside in each of the last five years; and how many of those appeals have been successful.

HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) does not hold accurate information on the volumes of appeals received against claims for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP), as not all appeals relate to claims.

Information about the volumes and outcomes of appeals to the Tribunal is published at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2016. The information provided below is a further breakdown of this data.

The tables below provide information on the number of appeals against decisions taken on ESA and PIP claims that were found in favour of the appellant, that were heard at (i) the Tribunal venue at St Helens₁ which serves appellants living in the St Helens North constituency and other nearby locations; and (ii) Merseyside₂.

₁ St Helens venue serves appellants living in St Helens North constituency and other nearby locations.

₂ Merseyside includes appeals heard at HMCTS SSCS venues in Liverpool, St Helens and Birkenhead.

₃PIP started to replace Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for people aged 16 to 64 from 8 April 2013.

Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system