Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payment appeals there have been in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside and (iii) the North East in each year since 2010; and how many such appeals were successful.

The table below contains the requested information.

Appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) in the North East , Jarrow¹ and South Tyneside¹ for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)² and Personal Independence Payment (PIP)³

¹ Social Security and Child Support data are attributed to the hearing venue nearest to the appellants’ home address. For appellants living in Jarrow and South Tyneside appeals are attributed to the South Shields venue. Data are not available at a level more-detailed than hearing venue.

² Includes ESA and ESA (Reassessments).

³ PIP replaced Disability Living Allowance for people aged 16 to 64 and rolled out from 8 April 2013. As such, appeal volumes in HM Courts & Tribunals Service in the Year 2013-2014 are low.

⁴ By financial year - from April to March.

⁵ ~ Denotes appeal types where fewer than five cases were involved and therefore data are statistically unreliable.

The data are a subset of official statistics extracted from the case management system on a different date.

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 available.