Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals against decisions on (a) personal independence payment and (b) employment and support allowance were heard at (i) Blackburn, (ii) Blackpool, (iii) Burnley, (iv) Lancaster and (v) Preston Magistrates' Court in each month between 1 January 2016 and 31 July 2017; and on how many occasions at each venue in each of these months regarding (A) personal independence payment and (B) employment and support allowance hearings were adjourned.
The table below contains the information requested up to March 2017, the latest period for which figures are available
Venue | Month | Benefit type | Number hearing clearances4 | Number of adjournments5 |
Blackburn1 | January 2016 | PIP2 | 31 | ~6 |
|
| ESA3 | 25 | ~ |
| February 2016 | PIP | 17 | 0 |
|
| ESA | 27 | ~ |
| March 2016 | PIP | 30 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 43 | ~ |
| April 2016 | PIP | 33 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 28 | 6 |
| May 2016 | PIP | 38 | 6 |
|
| ESA | 30 | ~ |
| June 2016 | PIP | 16 | 0 |
|
| ESA | 28 | ~ |
| July 2016 | PIP | 31 | 6 |
|
| ESA | 29 | ~ |
| August 2016 | PIP | 23 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 25 | ~ |
| September 2016 | PIP | 29 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 36 | ~ |
| October 2016 | PIP | 25 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 41 | ~ |
| November 2016 | PIP | 39 | 6 |
|
| ESA | 42 | ~ |
| December 2016 | PIP | 31 | 7 |
|
| ESA | 26 | ~ |
| January 2017 | PIP | 44 | 6 |
|
| ESA | 24 | 6 |
| February 2017 | PIP | 53 | 7 |
|
| ESA | 35 | ~ |
| March 2017 | PIP | 39 | 9 |
|
| ESA | 17 | ~ |
Blackpool1 | January 2016 | PIP | 32 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 60 | ~ |
| February 2016 | PIP | 31 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 52 | ~ |
| March 2016 | PIP | 30 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 19 | ~ |
| April 2016 | PIP | 48 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 35 | ~ |
| May 2016 | PIP | 35 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 33 | ~ |
| June 2016 | PIP | 29 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 33 | ~ |
| July 2016 | PIP | 34 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 47 | ~ |
| August 2016 | PIP | 37 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 45 | ~ |
| September 2016 | PIP | 33 | 9 |
|
| ESA | 58 | ~ |
| October 2016 | PIP | 38 | 7 |
|
| ESA | 55 | 9 |
| November 2016 | PIP | 44 | 9 |
|
| ESA | 32 | 6 |
| December 2016 | PIP | 38 | 12 |
|
| ESA | 42 | ~ |
| January 2017 | PIP | 51 | 7 |
|
| ESA | 41 | 7 |
| February 2017 | PIP | 42 | 10 |
|
| ESA | 45 | 0 |
| March 2017 | PIP | 49 | 12 |
|
| ESA | 32 | 9 |
Burnley1 | January 20166 | PIP | 23 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 24 | ~ |
| February 2016 | PIP | 18 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 43 | 8 |
| March 2016 | PIP | 26 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 34 | ~ |
| April 2016 | PIP | 29 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 19 | ~ |
| May 2016 | PIP | 29 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 29 | ~ |
| June 2016 | PIP | 22 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 21 | ~ |
| July 2016 | PIP | 17 | 8 |
|
| ESA | 32 | ~ |
| August 2016 | PIP | 18 | 10 |
|
| ESA | 26 | 6 |
| September 2016 | PIP | 36 | 6 |
|
| ESA | 46 | ~ |
| October 2016 | PIP | 31 | 7 |
|
| ESA | 39 | ~ |
| November 2016 | PIP | 29 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 30 | ~ |
| December 2016 | PIP | 28 | 8 |
|
| ESA | 30 | ~ |
| January 2017 | PIP | 43 | 10 |
|
| ESA | 21 | ~ |
| February 2017 | PIP | 37 | 11 |
|
| ESA | 27 | ~ |
| March 2017 | PIP | 34 | 6 |
|
| ESA | 27 | ~ |
Lancaster 1 | January 2016 | PIP | 16 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 9 | 7 |
| February 2016 | PIP | 10 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 19 | ~ |
| March 2016 | PIP | 9 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 14 | ~ |
| April 2016 | PIP | 13 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 14 | ~ |
| May 2016 | PIP | 20 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 9 | 0 |
| June 2016 | PIP | 10 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 10 | 0 |
| July 2016 | PIP | 10 | 0 |
|
| ESA | 14 | ~ |
| August 2016 | PIP | 11 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 21 | ~ |
| September 2016 | PIP | 17 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 17 | ~ |
| October 2016 | PIP | 8 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 19 | ~ |
| November 2016 | PIP | 16 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 12 | ~ |
| December 2016 | PIP | ~ | 0 |
|
| ESA | 7 | ~ |
| January 2017 | PIP | 16 | 6 |
|
| ESA | 14 | 0 |
| February 2017 | PIP | 15 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 12 | ~ |
| March 2017 | PIP | 13 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 12 | ~ |
Preston Magistrates’ Court1 | January 2016 | PIP | 26 | 11 |
|
| ESA | 41 | ~ |
| February 2016 | PIP | 28 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 42 | ~ |
| March 2016 | PIP | 36 | 11 |
|
| ESA | 45 | 7 |
| April 2016 | PIP | 35 | 12 |
|
| ESA | 23 | ~ |
| May 2016 | PIP | 39 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 19 | ~ |
| June 2016 | PIP | 26 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 15 | ~ |
| July 2016 | PIP | 18 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 44 | ~ |
| August 2016 | PIP | 27 | 8 |
|
| ESA | 27 | ~ |
| September 2016 | PIP | 40 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 37 | 8 |
| October 2016 | PIP | 35 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 25 | ~ |
| November 2016 | PIP | 18 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 13 | ~ |
| December 2016 | PIP | 29 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 12 | ~ |
| January 2017 | PIP | 18 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 23 | ~ |
| February 2017 | PIP | 20 | ~ |
|
| ESA | 17 | ~ |
| March 2017 | PIP | 37 | 8 |
|
| ESA | 21 | 7 |
1 Social Security and Child Support data are attributed to the hearing venue nearest the appellant’s home
2. Personal Independence Payment began to replace Disability Living Allowance for people aged 16 to 64 from 8 April 2013. Data includes Disablity Living Allowance reassessment
3. Employment and Support Allowance was rolled out from October 2008 and Employment and Support Allowance (Incapacity Benefit Reassessment) was rolled out from April 2011
4. Total number of hearing clearances. Cases cleared at tribunal hearing both oral and paper
5. Number of cases adjourned at tribunal hearing
6. Number falls between one and five.
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. The data are a subset of official statistics extracted from the case management system on a different date.