Asked by: Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many asylum seekers with at least one disabled child who have achieved refugee status have been made homeless on achieving that status in the past 12 months.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
The Home Office does not hold the information requested.
The Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide accommodation to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute while their application for asylum is being considered. Following the service of an asylum decision, an individual continues to be an asylum seeker for the purpose of asylum support until the end of the relevant prescribed period set out in legislation. This period is 28 calendar days from when an individual is notified of a decision to accept their asylum claim and grant them leave and we have no plans to extend this period. Whilst our legislative power is clear, we do in practice already extend support beyond this. Our current process means that individuals can remain on asylum support for at least 28 days after they have been issued a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP), which means that individuals have longer than 28 days to make arrangements to move on before their asylum support ends. It is important that individuals initiate plans to move on from asylum support as soon as they are served their asylum decision in order to maximise the time they have to make move on arrangements.
We offer move on support to all individuals through Migrant Help or their partner organisation. This includes providing advice on accessing the labour market, on applying for Universal Credit and signposting to local authorities for assistance with housing. Individuals do not need to wait for their BRP to make a claim for benefits and are encouraged to do so as early as possible if they require them. Individuals can contact Migrant Help in three ways:
We continue to identify and make efficiencies in supporting newly recognised refugees during the move on period and to mitigate the risk of homelessness. We are fully committed to working with partners in doing this. We have already worked closely with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) to ensure the right asylum decision data is being shared with local authorities to enable effective planning and to lessen the impact on existing homelessness and rough sleeping pressures. We are also utilising Home Office Liaison Officers to replicate part of the Afghan resettlement move on process. We have been working in three local authority areas since December 2023; Glasgow, Brent and Hillingdon. This has now been expanded to Manchester and Liverpool.
Asked by: Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many asylum seekers with children have been made homeless on achieving refugee status in the past 12 months.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
The Home Office does not hold the information requested.
The Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide accommodation to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute while their application for asylum is being considered. Following the service of an asylum decision, an individual continues to be an asylum seeker for the purpose of asylum support until the end of the relevant prescribed period set out in legislation. This period is 28 calendar days from when an individual is notified of a decision to accept their asylum claim and grant them leave and we have no plans to extend this period. Whilst our legislative power is clear, we do in practice already extend support beyond this. Our current process means that individuals can remain on asylum support for at least 28 days after they have been issued a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP), which means that individuals have longer than 28 days to make arrangements to move on before their asylum support ends. It is important that individuals initiate plans to move on from asylum support as soon as they are served their asylum decision in order to maximise the time they have to make move on arrangements.
We offer move on support to all individuals through Migrant Help or their partner organisation. This includes providing advice on accessing the labour market, on applying for Universal Credit and signposting to local authorities for assistance with housing. Individuals do not need to wait for their BRP to make a claim for benefits and are encouraged to do so as early as possible if they require them. Individuals can contact Migrant Help in three ways:
We continue to identify and make efficiencies in supporting newly recognised refugees during the move on period and to mitigate the risk of homelessness. We are fully committed to working with partners in doing this. We have already worked closely with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) to ensure the right asylum decision data is being shared with local authorities to enable effective planning and to lessen the impact on existing homelessness and rough sleeping pressures. We are also utilising Home Office Liaison Officers to replicate part of the Afghan resettlement move on process. We have been working in three local authority areas since December 2023; Glasgow, Brent and Hillingdon. This has now been expanded to Manchester and Liverpool.
Asked by: Angela Eagle (Labour - Wallasey)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals relating to Universal Credit claims are awaiting a hearing (a) nationally, (b) by region, (c) by Tribunal Office and (d) by hearing venue; what the average length of time between such appeals being (i) lodged and (ii) heard is (A) nationally, (B) by region, (C) by Tribunal Office and (D) by hearing venue; and in how many cases the length of time waited has exceeded this average (1) nationally, (2) by region, (3) by Tribunal Office and (4) by hearing venue as of 22 April 2024.
Answered by Mike Freer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
The tables below set out the number of Personal Independence Payment, Disability Living Allowance, Employment Support Allowance and Universal Credit appeals awaiting a hearing (a) nationally, (b) by region, and (d) by hearing venue as at end of December 2023 (the latest period for which data are available). There are no separate data collated at (c) tribunal office level.
Information about the average length of time between appeals being lodged and heard; and in how many case the length of time waited has exceeded this average is not held centrally.
Personal Independence Payment1 at December 232 | |||
Region / Venue | Total Open Caseload | Ready To List | Listed For Hearing |
London | 6804 | 3861 | 980 |
Bexleyheath | 1 | 1 | 0 |
East London | 1543 | 905 | 234 |
Enfield | 27 | 11 | 3 |
Fox Court | 3318 | 1846 | 483 |
Hatton Cross | 243 | 98 | 72 |
Romford | 512 | 353 | 67 |
Sutton | 1160 | 647 | 121 |
Midlands | 9330 | 5052 | 1369 |
Birmingham | 1984 | 1007 | 354 |
Boston | 202 | 134 | 25 |
Chesterfield | 457 | 255 | 57 |
Coventry | 698 | 442 | 71 |
Derby | 701 | 417 | 91 |
Hereford | 101 | 43 | 20 |
Kidderminster | 144 | 60 | 30 |
Leicester | 813 | 415 | 108 |
Lincoln | 427 | 258 | 46 |
Northampton | 488 | 328 | 56 |
Nottingham | 1135 | 610 | 168 |
Nuneaton | 99 | 58 | 13 |
Shrewsbury | 333 | 185 | 46 |
Stoke | 427 | 228 | 63 |
Walsall | 316 | 136 | 66 |
Wellingborough | 196 | 114 | 22 |
Wolverhampton | 637 | 262 | 110 |
Worcester | 172 | 100 | 23 |
North East | 7061 | 3468 | 1316 |
Barnsley | 193 | 71 | 38 |
Bedlington | 159 | 66 | 44 |
Berwick | 14 | 6 | 3 |
Bradford | 691 | 334 | 131 |
Darlington | 356 | 195 | 49 |
Doncaster | 316 | 142 | 51 |
Durham | 333 | 169 | 77 |
Gateshead | 78 | 33 | 21 |
Grimsby | 186 | 80 | 37 |
Huddersfield | 32 | 10 | 8 |
Hull | 342 | 181 | 65 |
Leeds | 514 | 165 | 132 |
Newcastle | 332 | 122 | 80 |
North Shields | 134 | 34 | 46 |
Scarborough | 158 | 75 | 29 |
Sheffield | 737 | 381 | 119 |
South Shields | 233 | 112 | 53 |
Sunderland | 545 | 349 | 53 |
Teesside | 871 | 581 | 85 |
Wakefield | 687 | 322 | 138 |
York | 150 | 40 | 57 |
North West | 7362 | 4250 | 1066 |
Barrow | 84 | 53 | 10 |
Birkenhead | 355 | 223 | 43 |
Blackburn | 311 | 180 | 58 |
Blackpool | 355 | 189 | 69 |
Bolton | 414 | 231 | 69 |
Burnley | 263 | 151 | 31 |
Carlisle | 165 | 86 | 32 |
Chester | 500 | 315 | 65 |
Lancaster | 105 | 66 | 1 |
Liverpool | 1023 | 495 | 155 |
Manchester | 1319 | 821 | 164 |
Preston | 248 | 123 | 58 |
Rochdale | 436 | 216 | 90 |
St Helens | 512 | 301 | 73 |
Stockport | 699 | 451 | 68 |
Wigan | 427 | 267 | 49 |
Workington | 146 | 82 | 31 |
Scotland | 263 | 68 | 114 |
Aberdeen | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Ayr | 11 | 1 | 4 |
Dumfries (Cairndale) | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Dundee | 6 | 0 | 2 |
Dunfermline | 7 | 3 | 3 |
Edinburgh | 70 | 19 | 36 |
Galashiels | 6 | 1 | 3 |
Glasgow | 89 | 24 | 36 |
Greenock | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Hamilton | 24 | 3 | 6 |
Inverness | 7 | 4 | 1 |
Kilmarnock | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Kirkcaldy | 22 | 8 | 11 |
Oban | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Stirling | 4 | 0 | 2 |
Stranraer | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Wick | 1 | 0 | 1 |
South East | 7696 | 4930 | 574 |
Ashford | 556 | 349 | 38 |
Basildon | 264 | 144 | 43 |
Bedford | 200 | 133 | 17 |
Brighton | 842 | 541 | 40 |
Cambridge | 238 | 122 | 30 |
Chatham | 466 | 355 | 23 |
Chelmsford | 408 | 265 | 33 |
Eastbourne | 98 | 64 | 8 |
Hastings | 243 | 177 | 10 |
High Wycombe | 321 | 192 | 32 |
Ipswich | 411 | 283 | 22 |
Kings Lynn | 181 | 91 | 13 |
Luton | 363 | 229 | 16 |
Margate | 257 | 162 | 20 |
Milton Keynes | 212 | 119 | 27 |
Norwich | 659 | 470 | 43 |
Oxford | 311 | 216 | 27 |
Peterborough | 307 | 165 | 33 |
Reading | 361 | 224 | 21 |
Southend | 95 | 33 | 21 |
Stevenage | 163 | 94 | 14 |
Watford | 740 | 502 | 43 |
South West | 5916 | 3428 | 625 |
Unallocated 3 | 177 | 115 | 11 |
Aldershot | 289 | 162 | 38 |
Barnstaple | 80 | 36 | 8 |
Bristol | 1167 | 724 | 122 |
Exeter | 224 | 80 | 49 |
Gloucester | 432 | 257 | 38 |
Havant | 657 | 440 | 45 |
Newport IOW | 222 | 153 | 13 |
Newton Abbot | 246 | 126 | 29 |
Plymouth | 384 | 193 | 55 |
Poole | 441 | 249 | 49 |
Salisbury | 46 | 10 | 10 |
Southampton | 606 | 401 | 40 |
Swindon | 320 | 218 | 23 |
Taunton | 239 | 134 | 24 |
Truro | 255 | 68 | 59 |
Worle | 131 | 62 | 12 |
Wales | 4181 | 2180 | 514 |
Aberystwyth | 49 | 24 | 6 |
Caernarfon | 101 | 23 | 15 |
Cardiff | 1746 | 949 | 250 |
Carmarthen | 72 | 15 | 19 |
Haverfordwest | 105 | 39 | 16 |
Langstone, Newport | 793 | 459 | 76 |
Llandrindod Wells | 32 | 16 | 8 |
Llangefni | 199 | 121 | 18 |
Port Talbot | 305 | 112 | 35 |
Prestatyn | 277 | 170 | 13 |
Swansea | 194 | 75 | 25 |
Welshpool | 52 | 31 | 8 |
Wrexham | 256 | 146 | 25 |
SSCS Regional Centre Not Known | 10 | 4 | 0 |
National | 48623 | 27241 | 6558 |
Disability Living Allowance at December 232 | |||
Region / Venue | Total Open Caseload | Ready To List | Listed For Hearing |
London | 592 | 426 | 73 |
East London | 149 | 114 | 22 |
Enfield | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Fox Court | 264 | 180 | 36 |
Hatton Cross | 20 | 14 | 3 |
Romford | 54 | 41 | 4 |
Sutton | 103 | 75 | 8 |
Midlands | 597 | 394 | 91 |
Birmingham | 164 | 84 | 39 |
Boston | 10 | 9 | 0 |
Chesterfield | 26 | 20 | 2 |
Coventry | 46 | 35 | 4 |
Derby | 40 | 32 | 5 |
Hereford | 7 | 5 | 0 |
Kidderminster | 11 | 8 | 1 |
Leicester | 43 | 32 | 8 |
Lincoln | 36 | 25 | 1 |
Northampton | 26 | 19 | 4 |
Nottingham | 63 | 41 | 10 |
Nuneaton | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Shrewsbury | 20 | 15 | 3 |
Stoke | 30 | 23 | 4 |
Walsall | 19 | 10 | 1 |
Wellingborough | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Wolverhampton | 34 | 17 | 8 |
Worcester | 8 | 7 | 0 |
North East | 489 | 326 | 68 |
Barnsley | 15 | 9 | 2 |
Bedlington | 9 | 7 | 0 |
Bradford | 54 | 36 | 8 |
Darlington | 29 | 20 | 4 |
Doncaster | 14 | 5 | 2 |
Durham | 20 | 15 | 4 |
Gateshead | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Grimsby | 12 | 5 | 4 |
Huddersfield | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Hull | 23 | 16 | 5 |
Leeds | 30 | 8 | 12 |
Newcastle | 16 | 7 | 5 |
North Shields | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Scarborough | 9 | 5 | 2 |
Sheffield | 71 | 52 | 3 |
South Shields | 19 | 11 | 4 |
Sunderland | 40 | 29 | 3 |
Teesside | 67 | 61 | 1 |
Wakefield | 47 | 32 | 6 |
York | 7 | 4 | 2 |
North West | 535 | 372 | 87 |
Barrow | 5 | 4 | 0 |
Birkenhead | 32 | 19 | 7 |
Blackburn | 26 | 17 | 6 |
Blackpool | 19 | 10 | 2 |
Bolton | 30 | 20 | 5 |
Burnley | 14 | 11 | 2 |
Carlisle | 9 | 3 | 4 |
Chester | 20 | 14 | 4 |
Lancaster | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Liverpool | 70 | 45 | 12 |
Manchester | 113 | 89 | 14 |
Preston | 14 | 9 | 2 |
Rochdale | 40 | 25 | 10 |
St Helens | 42 | 27 | 9 |
Stockport | 60 | 49 | 4 |
Wigan | 31 | 21 | 6 |
Workington | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Scotland | 8 | 2 | 3 |
Ayr | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Dundee | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Edinburgh | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Glasgow | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Inverness | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Kirkcaldy | 1 | 1 | 0 |
South East | 555 | 427 | 52 |
Ashford | 33 | 24 | 3 |
Basildon | 25 | 15 | 5 |
Bedford | 20 | 16 | 1 |
Brighton | 46 | 36 | 2 |
Cambridge | 10 | 4 | 6 |
Chatham | 47 | 41 | 4 |
Chelmsford | 38 | 28 | 4 |
Eastbourne | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Hastings | 13 | 10 | 1 |
High Wycombe | 27 | 18 | 5 |
Ipswich | 30 | 23 | 2 |
Kings Lynn | 12 | 10 | 2 |
Luton | 27 | 26 | 0 |
Margate | 15 | 14 | 1 |
Milton Keynes | 14 | 8 | 3 |
Norwich | 46 | 37 | 3 |
Oxford | 23 | 18 | 1 |
Peterborough | 19 | 14 | 3 |
Reading | 26 | 23 | 0 |
Southend | 8 | 4 | 3 |
Stevenage | 12 | 8 | 1 |
Watford | 60 | 47 | 2 |
South West | 394 | 266 | 45 |
Unallocated 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
Aldershot | 26 | 20 | 2 |
Barnstaple | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Bristol | 79 | 52 | 9 |
Exeter | 13 | 4 | 3 |
Gloucester | 27 | 15 | 4 |
Havant | 48 | 33 | 6 |
Newport IOW | 13 | 11 | 1 |
Newton Abbot | 12 | 8 | 0 |
Plymouth | 21 | 15 | 2 |
Poole | 30 | 23 | 2 |
Salisbury | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Southampton | 36 | 26 | 5 |
Swindon | 24 | 19 | 2 |
Taunton | 21 | 17 | 2 |
Truro | 16 | 9 | 4 |
Worle | 12 | 7 | 0 |
Wales | 247 | 148 | 35 |
Aberystwyth | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Caernarfon | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Cardiff | 115 | 61 | 18 |
Carmarthen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Haverfordwest | 4 | 0 | 3 |
Langstone, Newport | 45 | 33 | 3 |
Llandrindod Wells | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Llangefni | 13 | 10 | 1 |
Port Talbot | 15 | 9 | 2 |
Prestatyn | 16 | 13 | 0 |
Swansea | 9 | 3 | 4 |
Welshpool | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Wrexham | 21 | 14 | 1 |
SSCS Regional Centre Not Known | 1 | 0 | 0 |
National | 3418 | 2361 | 454 |
Employment and Support Allowance4 at December 232 | |||
Region / Venue | Total Open Caseload | Ready To List | Listed For Hearing |
London | 380 | 158 | 28 |
East London | 116 | 59 | 4 |
Enfield | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Fox Court | 149 | 47 | 17 |
Hatton Cross | 19 | 8 | 3 |
Romford | 24 | 12 | 2 |
Sutton | 70 | 32 | 2 |
Midlands | 667 | 351 | 88 |
Birmingham | 112 | 57 | 19 |
Boston | 21 | 11 | 1 |
Chesterfield | 33 | 14 | 7 |
Coventry | 48 | 29 | 5 |
Derby | 48 | 26 | 6 |
Hereford | 9 | 4 | 2 |
Kidderminster | 13 | 8 | 2 |
Leicester | 69 | 44 | 7 |
Lincoln | 17 | 8 | 1 |
Northampton | 32 | 14 | 4 |
Nottingham | 65 | 31 | 12 |
Nuneaton | 7 | 2 | 0 |
Shrewsbury | 38 | 21 | 7 |
Stoke | 49 | 29 | 0 |
Walsall | 25 | 13 | 4 |
Wellingborough | 11 | 6 | 1 |
Wolverhampton | 56 | 25 | 8 |
Worcester | 14 | 9 | 2 |
North East | 468 | 188 | 62 |
Barnsley | 18 | 7 | 5 |
Bedlington | 14 | 2 | 3 |
Bradford | 41 | 17 | 3 |
Darlington | 23 | 8 | 2 |
Doncaster | 17 | 8 | 2 |
Durham | 22 | 8 | 4 |
Gateshead | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Grimsby | 19 | 7 | 2 |
Hull | 20 | 15 | 0 |
Leeds | 20 | 7 | 1 |
Newcastle | 25 | 9 | 3 |
North Shields | 19 | 3 | 5 |
Scarborough | 12 | 4 | 4 |
Sheffield | 40 | 15 | 6 |
South Shields | 27 | 8 | 1 |
Sunderland | 38 | 20 | 3 |
Teesside | 49 | 25 | 6 |
Wakefield | 42 | 18 | 7 |
York | 17 | 7 | 5 |
North West | 323 | 82 | 72 |
Barrow | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Birkenhead | 9 | 1 | 2 |
Blackburn | 13 | 3 | 3 |
Blackpool | 13 | 1 | 4 |
Bolton | 21 | 6 | 4 |
Burnley | 7 | 0 | 3 |
Carlisle | 9 | 1 | 1 |
Chester | 25 | 5 | 6 |
Lancaster | 7 | 3 | 0 |
Liverpool | 38 | 16 | 7 |
Manchester | 50 | 15 | 12 |
Preston | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Rochdale | 28 | 6 | 5 |
St Helens | 21 | 1 | 2 |
Stockport | 40 | 17 | 9 |
Wigan | 24 | 4 | 9 |
Workington | 9 | 1 | 3 |
Scotland | 214 | 20 | 70 |
Aberdeen | 13 | 0 | 3 |
Ayr | 17 | 1 | 6 |
Campbeltown Centre | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dumfries (Cairndale) | 9 | 0 | 7 |
Dundee | 12 | 0 | 3 |
Dunfermline | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Edinburgh | 27 | 1 | 15 |
Galashiels | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Glasgow | 50 | 6 | 18 |
Greenock | 12 | 3 | 0 |
Hamilton | 19 | 3 | 3 |
Inverness | 14 | 0 | 6 |
Kilmarnock | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Kirkcaldy | 8 | 2 | 2 |
Lerwick | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Stirling | 17 | 2 | 4 |
South East | 420 | 209 | 48 |
Ashford | 20 | 10 | 1 |
Basildon | 16 | 7 | 2 |
Bedford | 13 | 7 | 1 |
Brighton | 39 | 20 | 6 |
Cambridge | 11 | 5 | 1 |
Chatham | 16 | 8 | 3 |
Chelmsford | 37 | 18 | 3 |
Eastbourne | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Hastings | 9 | 3 | 4 |
High Wycombe | 19 | 8 | 1 |
Ipswich | 25 | 14 | 1 |
Kings Lynn | 15 | 7 | 3 |
Luton | 22 | 13 | 1 |
Margate | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Milton Keynes | 9 | 5 | 1 |
Norwich | 36 | 17 | 5 |
Oxford | 21 | 13 | 3 |
Peterborough | 32 | 12 | 3 |
Reading | 34 | 19 | 4 |
Southend | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Stevenage | 9 | 6 | 1 |
Watford | 29 | 12 | 4 |
South West | 490 | 295 | 15 |
Unallocated 3 | 14 | 8 | 3 |
Aldershot | 31 | 24 | 0 |
Barnstaple | 6 | 4 | 0 |
Bristol | 80 | 42 | 4 |
Exeter | 12 | 5 | 1 |
Gloucester | 35 | 21 | 0 |
Havant | 65 | 43 | 1 |
Newport IOW | 27 | 21 | 2 |
Newton Abbot | 26 | 15 | 0 |
Plymouth | 31 | 19 | 0 |
Poole | 32 | 25 | 1 |
Salisbury | 7 | 3 | 0 |
Southampton | 49 | 26 | 1 |
Swindon | 17 | 8 | 2 |
Taunton | 22 | 12 | 0 |
Truro | 21 | 12 | 0 |
Worle | 15 | 7 | 0 |
Wales | 434 | 278 | 13 |
Aberystwyth | 10 | 5 | 3 |
Caernarfon | 10 | 6 | 1 |
Cardiff | 155 | 108 | 3 |
Carmarthen | 10 | 6 | 0 |
Haverfordwest | 13 | 8 | 0 |
Langstone, Newport | 88 | 55 | 1 |
Llandrindod Wells | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Llangefni | 23 | 15 | 0 |
Port Talbot | 37 | 26 | 0 |
Prestatyn | 24 | 14 | 2 |
Swansea | 27 | 11 | 0 |
Welshpool | 13 | 6 | 3 |
Wrexham | 23 | 17 | 0 |
SSCS Regional Centre Not Known | 3 | 0 | 2 |
National | 3399 | 1581 | 398 |
Universal Credit5 at December 232 | |||
Region / Venue | Total Open Caseload | Ready To List | Listed For Hearing |
London | 2659 | 1361 | 215 |
East London | 566 | 294 | 57 |
Enfield | 8 | 2 | 1 |
Fox Court | 1468 | 754 | 94 |
Hatton Cross | 102 | 40 | 13 |
Romford | 169 | 85 | 34 |
Sutton | 346 | 186 | 16 |
Midlands | 2602 | 1489 | 406 |
Birmingham | 713 | 381 | 142 |
Boston | 51 | 34 | 7 |
Chesterfield | 62 | 34 | 11 |
Coventry | 202 | 125 | 14 |
Derby | 159 | 87 | 31 |
Hereford | 21 | 16 | 0 |
Kidderminster | 20 | 15 | 2 |
Leicester | 265 | 160 | 29 |
Lincoln | 123 | 74 | 19 |
Northampton | 126 | 82 | 16 |
Nottingham | 253 | 148 | 50 |
Nuneaton | 11 | 7 | 0 |
Shrewsbury | 78 | 45 | 7 |
Stoke | 99 | 55 | 9 |
Walsall | 116 | 64 | 15 |
Wellingborough | 43 | 29 | 6 |
Wolverhampton | 218 | 109 | 44 |
Worcester | 42 | 24 | 4 |
North East | 2007 | 1012 | 385 |
Barnsley | 55 | 26 | 13 |
Bedlington | 46 | 20 | 15 |
Berwick | 5 | 3 | 0 |
Bradford | 208 | 118 | 30 |
Darlington | 70 | 26 | 19 |
Doncaster | 84 | 31 | 18 |
Durham | 40 | 17 | 7 |
Gateshead | 24 | 11 | 10 |
Grimsby | 69 | 41 | 11 |
Huddersfield | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Hull | 108 | 62 | 16 |
Leeds | 173 | 68 | 30 |
Newcastle | 229 | 109 | 48 |
North Shields | 45 | 16 | 9 |
Scarborough | 49 | 24 | 15 |
Sheffield | 160 | 67 | 40 |
South Shields | 71 | 40 | 13 |
Sunderland | 124 | 79 | 12 |
Teesside | 227 | 137 | 37 |
Wakefield | 170 | 88 | 32 |
York | 47 | 29 | 10 |
North West | 1512 | 572 | 308 |
Barrow | 12 | 6 | 1 |
Birkenhead | 34 | 15 | 5 |
Blackburn | 33 | 15 | 2 |
Blackpool | 54 | 13 | 10 |
Bolton | 107 | 32 | 24 |
Burnley | 65 | 29 | 8 |
Carlisle | 29 | 14 | 4 |
Chester | 61 | 17 | 6 |
Lancaster | 27 | 13 | 3 |
Liverpool | 179 | 49 | 34 |
Manchester | 467 | 226 | 112 |
Preston | 35 | 7 | 8 |
Rochdale | 91 | 23 | 17 |
St Helens | 79 | 34 | 13 |
Stockport | 141 | 45 | 43 |
Wigan | 85 | 29 | 17 |
Workington | 13 | 5 | 1 |
Scotland | 658 | 187 | 219 |
Aberdeen | 33 | 8 | 15 |
Ayr | 40 | 12 | 13 |
Dumfries (Cairndale) | 13 | 1 | 5 |
Dundee | 44 | 10 | 13 |
Dunfermline | 14 | 3 | 2 |
Edinburgh | 120 | 31 | 40 |
Galashiels | 14 | 6 | 3 |
Glasgow | 206 | 64 | 71 |
Greenock | 25 | 6 | 10 |
Hamilton | 59 | 17 | 19 |
Inverness | 22 | 3 | 9 |
Kilmarnock | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Kirkcaldy | 22 | 9 | 4 |
Kirkwall | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Lerwick | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Lewis | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Oban | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Stirling | 29 | 13 | 9 |
Stranraer | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Wick | 4 | 1 | 1 |
South East | 2002 | 1053 | 321 |
Ashford | 117 | 47 | 28 |
Basildon | 70 | 24 | 19 |
Bedford | 48 | 30 | 6 |
Brighton | 173 | 76 | 35 |
Cambridge | 68 | 33 | 11 |
Chatham | 70 | 27 | 21 |
Chelmsford | 107 | 62 | 11 |
Eastbourne | 26 | 15 | 3 |
Hastings | 43 | 27 | 8 |
High Wycombe | 125 | 70 | 14 |
Ipswich | 89 | 54 | 8 |
Kings Lynn | 36 | 18 | 12 |
Luton | 110 | 65 | 16 |
Margate | 39 | 18 | 8 |
Milton Keynes | 48 | 27 | 6 |
Norwich | 145 | 86 | 22 |
Oxford | 111 | 66 | 13 |
Peterborough | 91 | 45 | 14 |
Reading | 141 | 73 | 21 |
Southend | 65 | 37 | 16 |
Stevenage | 45 | 27 | 2 |
Watford | 235 | 126 | 27 |
South West | 1744 | 1121 | 65 |
Unallocated 3 | 43 | 26 | 2 |
Aldershot | 120 | 74 | 5 |
Barnstaple | 24 | 15 | 0 |
Bristol | 342 | 219 | 11 |
Exeter | 59 | 32 | 0 |
Gloucester | 136 | 99 | 7 |
Havant | 187 | 133 | 5 |
Newport IOW | 49 | 35 | 4 |
Newton Abbot | 61 | 34 | 4 |
Plymouth | 84 | 52 | 0 |
Poole | 159 | 96 | 9 |
Salisbury | 15 | 6 | 1 |
Southampton | 162 | 106 | 5 |
Swindon | 108 | 71 | 5 |
Taunton | 71 | 42 | 0 |
Truro | 87 | 58 | 3 |
Worle | 37 | 23 | 4 |
Wales | 1019 | 712 | 62 |
Aberystwyth | 16 | 8 | 1 |
Caernarfon | 53 | 32 | 6 |
Cardiff | 389 | 277 | 18 |
Carmarthen | 20 | 14 | 0 |
Haverfordwest | 28 | 19 | 1 |
Langstone, Newport | 179 | 133 | 9 |
Llandrindod Wells | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Llangefni | 27 | 20 | 1 |
Port Talbot | 91 | 68 | 3 |
Prestatyn | 74 | 46 | 9 |
Swansea | 58 | 43 | 3 |
Welshpool | 14 | 8 | 3 |
Wrexham | 67 | 41 | 8 |
National | 14203 | 7507 | 1981 |
From April 2023 the SSCS Tribunal started to list cases using a new Scheduling and Listing solution. This, alongside HMCTS migrating to a new Strategic Data Platform, has resulted in some cases heard and decided using this new listing solution not currently being included in the data above.
1. Personal Independence Payment (New Claim Appeals) which replaces Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013, also includes Personal Independence Clams (Reassessments)
2. Data pulled 23/4/2024
3. Unallocated relates to appeals that have not yet been allocated to a venue.
4. Data includes Employment and Support Allowance and Incapacity Benefit reassessment. Employment and Support Allowance was introduced in October 2008 and Incapacity Benefit reassessment followed in October 2010.
5. Universal Credit was introduced on 29 April 2013 in selected areas of Greater Manchester and Cheshire, and has been gradually rolled out to the rest of the UK from October 2013.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that the data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when data are used.
Management information reflects the data held on the case management system, which is subject to change, and can differ from the quality-assured MOJ official statistics, which form the agreed definitive position.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that the data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when data are used.
Asked by: Angela Eagle (Labour - Wallasey)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals relating to Disability Living Allowance claims are awaiting a hearing (a) nationally, (b) by region, (c) by Tribunal Office and (d) by hearing venue; what the average length of time between such appeals being (i) lodged and (ii) heard is (A) nationally, (B) by region, (C) by Tribunal Office and (D) by hearing venue; and in how many cases the length of time waited has exceeded this average (1) nationally, (2) by region, (3) by Tribunal Office and (4) by hearing venue as of 22 April 2024.
Answered by Mike Freer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
The tables below set out the number of Personal Independence Payment, Disability Living Allowance, Employment Support Allowance and Universal Credit appeals awaiting a hearing (a) nationally, (b) by region, and (d) by hearing venue as at end of December 2023 (the latest period for which data are available). There are no separate data collated at (c) tribunal office level.
Information about the average length of time between appeals being lodged and heard; and in how many case the length of time waited has exceeded this average is not held centrally.
Personal Independence Payment1 at December 232 | |||
Region / Venue | Total Open Caseload | Ready To List | Listed For Hearing |
London | 6804 | 3861 | 980 |
Bexleyheath | 1 | 1 | 0 |
East London | 1543 | 905 | 234 |
Enfield | 27 | 11 | 3 |
Fox Court | 3318 | 1846 | 483 |
Hatton Cross | 243 | 98 | 72 |
Romford | 512 | 353 | 67 |
Sutton | 1160 | 647 | 121 |
Midlands | 9330 | 5052 | 1369 |
Birmingham | 1984 | 1007 | 354 |
Boston | 202 | 134 | 25 |
Chesterfield | 457 | 255 | 57 |
Coventry | 698 | 442 | 71 |
Derby | 701 | 417 | 91 |
Hereford | 101 | 43 | 20 |
Kidderminster | 144 | 60 | 30 |
Leicester | 813 | 415 | 108 |
Lincoln | 427 | 258 | 46 |
Northampton | 488 | 328 | 56 |
Nottingham | 1135 | 610 | 168 |
Nuneaton | 99 | 58 | 13 |
Shrewsbury | 333 | 185 | 46 |
Stoke | 427 | 228 | 63 |
Walsall | 316 | 136 | 66 |
Wellingborough | 196 | 114 | 22 |
Wolverhampton | 637 | 262 | 110 |
Worcester | 172 | 100 | 23 |
North East | 7061 | 3468 | 1316 |
Barnsley | 193 | 71 | 38 |
Bedlington | 159 | 66 | 44 |
Berwick | 14 | 6 | 3 |
Bradford | 691 | 334 | 131 |
Darlington | 356 | 195 | 49 |
Doncaster | 316 | 142 | 51 |
Durham | 333 | 169 | 77 |
Gateshead | 78 | 33 | 21 |
Grimsby | 186 | 80 | 37 |
Huddersfield | 32 | 10 | 8 |
Hull | 342 | 181 | 65 |
Leeds | 514 | 165 | 132 |
Newcastle | 332 | 122 | 80 |
North Shields | 134 | 34 | 46 |
Scarborough | 158 | 75 | 29 |
Sheffield | 737 | 381 | 119 |
South Shields | 233 | 112 | 53 |
Sunderland | 545 | 349 | 53 |
Teesside | 871 | 581 | 85 |
Wakefield | 687 | 322 | 138 |
York | 150 | 40 | 57 |
North West | 7362 | 4250 | 1066 |
Barrow | 84 | 53 | 10 |
Birkenhead | 355 | 223 | 43 |
Blackburn | 311 | 180 | 58 |
Blackpool | 355 | 189 | 69 |
Bolton | 414 | 231 | 69 |
Burnley | 263 | 151 | 31 |
Carlisle | 165 | 86 | 32 |
Chester | 500 | 315 | 65 |
Lancaster | 105 | 66 | 1 |
Liverpool | 1023 | 495 | 155 |
Manchester | 1319 | 821 | 164 |
Preston | 248 | 123 | 58 |
Rochdale | 436 | 216 | 90 |
St Helens | 512 | 301 | 73 |
Stockport | 699 | 451 | 68 |
Wigan | 427 | 267 | 49 |
Workington | 146 | 82 | 31 |
Scotland | 263 | 68 | 114 |
Aberdeen | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Ayr | 11 | 1 | 4 |
Dumfries (Cairndale) | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Dundee | 6 | 0 | 2 |
Dunfermline | 7 | 3 | 3 |
Edinburgh | 70 | 19 | 36 |
Galashiels | 6 | 1 | 3 |
Glasgow | 89 | 24 | 36 |
Greenock | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Hamilton | 24 | 3 | 6 |
Inverness | 7 | 4 | 1 |
Kilmarnock | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Kirkcaldy | 22 | 8 | 11 |
Oban | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Stirling | 4 | 0 | 2 |
Stranraer | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Wick | 1 | 0 | 1 |
South East | 7696 | 4930 | 574 |
Ashford | 556 | 349 | 38 |
Basildon | 264 | 144 | 43 |
Bedford | 200 | 133 | 17 |
Brighton | 842 | 541 | 40 |
Cambridge | 238 | 122 | 30 |
Chatham | 466 | 355 | 23 |
Chelmsford | 408 | 265 | 33 |
Eastbourne | 98 | 64 | 8 |
Hastings | 243 | 177 | 10 |
High Wycombe | 321 | 192 | 32 |
Ipswich | 411 | 283 | 22 |
Kings Lynn | 181 | 91 | 13 |
Luton | 363 | 229 | 16 |
Margate | 257 | 162 | 20 |
Milton Keynes | 212 | 119 | 27 |
Norwich | 659 | 470 | 43 |
Oxford | 311 | 216 | 27 |
Peterborough | 307 | 165 | 33 |
Reading | 361 | 224 | 21 |
Southend | 95 | 33 | 21 |
Stevenage | 163 | 94 | 14 |
Watford | 740 | 502 | 43 |
South West | 5916 | 3428 | 625 |
Unallocated 3 | 177 | 115 | 11 |
Aldershot | 289 | 162 | 38 |
Barnstaple | 80 | 36 | 8 |
Bristol | 1167 | 724 | 122 |
Exeter | 224 | 80 | 49 |
Gloucester | 432 | 257 | 38 |
Havant | 657 | 440 | 45 |
Newport IOW | 222 | 153 | 13 |
Newton Abbot | 246 | 126 | 29 |
Plymouth | 384 | 193 | 55 |
Poole | 441 | 249 | 49 |
Salisbury | 46 | 10 | 10 |
Southampton | 606 | 401 | 40 |
Swindon | 320 | 218 | 23 |
Taunton | 239 | 134 | 24 |
Truro | 255 | 68 | 59 |
Worle | 131 | 62 | 12 |
Wales | 4181 | 2180 | 514 |
Aberystwyth | 49 | 24 | 6 |
Caernarfon | 101 | 23 | 15 |
Cardiff | 1746 | 949 | 250 |
Carmarthen | 72 | 15 | 19 |
Haverfordwest | 105 | 39 | 16 |
Langstone, Newport | 793 | 459 | 76 |
Llandrindod Wells | 32 | 16 | 8 |
Llangefni | 199 | 121 | 18 |
Port Talbot | 305 | 112 | 35 |
Prestatyn | 277 | 170 | 13 |
Swansea | 194 | 75 | 25 |
Welshpool | 52 | 31 | 8 |
Wrexham | 256 | 146 | 25 |
SSCS Regional Centre Not Known | 10 | 4 | 0 |
National | 48623 | 27241 | 6558 |
Disability Living Allowance at December 232 | |||
Region / Venue | Total Open Caseload | Ready To List | Listed For Hearing |
London | 592 | 426 | 73 |
East London | 149 | 114 | 22 |
Enfield | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Fox Court | 264 | 180 | 36 |
Hatton Cross | 20 | 14 | 3 |
Romford | 54 | 41 | 4 |
Sutton | 103 | 75 | 8 |
Midlands | 597 | 394 | 91 |
Birmingham | 164 | 84 | 39 |
Boston | 10 | 9 | 0 |
Chesterfield | 26 | 20 | 2 |
Coventry | 46 | 35 | 4 |
Derby | 40 | 32 | 5 |
Hereford | 7 | 5 | 0 |
Kidderminster | 11 | 8 | 1 |
Leicester | 43 | 32 | 8 |
Lincoln | 36 | 25 | 1 |
Northampton | 26 | 19 | 4 |
Nottingham | 63 | 41 | 10 |
Nuneaton | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Shrewsbury | 20 | 15 | 3 |
Stoke | 30 | 23 | 4 |
Walsall | 19 | 10 | 1 |
Wellingborough | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Wolverhampton | 34 | 17 | 8 |
Worcester | 8 | 7 | 0 |
North East | 489 | 326 | 68 |
Barnsley | 15 | 9 | 2 |
Bedlington | 9 | 7 | 0 |
Bradford | 54 | 36 | 8 |
Darlington | 29 | 20 | 4 |
Doncaster | 14 | 5 | 2 |
Durham | 20 | 15 | 4 |
Gateshead | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Grimsby | 12 | 5 | 4 |
Huddersfield | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Hull | 23 | 16 | 5 |
Leeds | 30 | 8 | 12 |
Newcastle | 16 | 7 | 5 |
North Shields | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Scarborough | 9 | 5 | 2 |
Sheffield | 71 | 52 | 3 |
South Shields | 19 | 11 | 4 |
Sunderland | 40 | 29 | 3 |
Teesside | 67 | 61 | 1 |
Wakefield | 47 | 32 | 6 |
York | 7 | 4 | 2 |
North West | 535 | 372 | 87 |
Barrow | 5 | 4 | 0 |
Birkenhead | 32 | 19 | 7 |
Blackburn | 26 | 17 | 6 |
Blackpool | 19 | 10 | 2 |
Bolton | 30 | 20 | 5 |
Burnley | 14 | 11 | 2 |
Carlisle | 9 | 3 | 4 |
Chester | 20 | 14 | 4 |
Lancaster | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Liverpool | 70 | 45 | 12 |
Manchester | 113 | 89 | 14 |
Preston | 14 | 9 | 2 |
Rochdale | 40 | 25 | 10 |
St Helens | 42 | 27 | 9 |
Stockport | 60 | 49 | 4 |
Wigan | 31 | 21 | 6 |
Workington | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Scotland | 8 | 2 | 3 |
Ayr | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Dundee | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Edinburgh | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Glasgow | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Inverness | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Kirkcaldy | 1 | 1 | 0 |
South East | 555 | 427 | 52 |
Ashford | 33 | 24 | 3 |
Basildon | 25 | 15 | 5 |
Bedford | 20 | 16 | 1 |
Brighton | 46 | 36 | 2 |
Cambridge | 10 | 4 | 6 |
Chatham | 47 | 41 | 4 |
Chelmsford | 38 | 28 | 4 |
Eastbourne | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Hastings | 13 | 10 | 1 |
High Wycombe | 27 | 18 | 5 |
Ipswich | 30 | 23 | 2 |
Kings Lynn | 12 | 10 | 2 |
Luton | 27 | 26 | 0 |
Margate | 15 | 14 | 1 |
Milton Keynes | 14 | 8 | 3 |
Norwich | 46 | 37 | 3 |
Oxford | 23 | 18 | 1 |
Peterborough | 19 | 14 | 3 |
Reading | 26 | 23 | 0 |
Southend | 8 | 4 | 3 |
Stevenage | 12 | 8 | 1 |
Watford | 60 | 47 | 2 |
South West | 394 | 266 | 45 |
Unallocated 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
Aldershot | 26 | 20 | 2 |
Barnstaple | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Bristol | 79 | 52 | 9 |
Exeter | 13 | 4 | 3 |
Gloucester | 27 | 15 | 4 |
Havant | 48 | 33 | 6 |
Newport IOW | 13 | 11 | 1 |
Newton Abbot | 12 | 8 | 0 |
Plymouth | 21 | 15 | 2 |
Poole | 30 | 23 | 2 |
Salisbury | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Southampton | 36 | 26 | 5 |
Swindon | 24 | 19 | 2 |
Taunton | 21 | 17 | 2 |
Truro | 16 | 9 | 4 |
Worle | 12 | 7 | 0 |
Wales | 247 | 148 | 35 |
Aberystwyth | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Caernarfon | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Cardiff | 115 | 61 | 18 |
Carmarthen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Haverfordwest | 4 | 0 | 3 |
Langstone, Newport | 45 | 33 | 3 |
Llandrindod Wells | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Llangefni | 13 | 10 | 1 |
Port Talbot | 15 | 9 | 2 |
Prestatyn | 16 | 13 | 0 |
Swansea | 9 | 3 | 4 |
Welshpool | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Wrexham | 21 | 14 | 1 |
SSCS Regional Centre Not Known | 1 | 0 | 0 |
National | 3418 | 2361 | 454 |
Employment and Support Allowance4 at December 232 | |||
Region / Venue | Total Open Caseload | Ready To List | Listed For Hearing |
London | 380 | 158 | 28 |
East London | 116 | 59 | 4 |
Enfield | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Fox Court | 149 | 47 | 17 |
Hatton Cross | 19 | 8 | 3 |
Romford | 24 | 12 | 2 |
Sutton | 70 | 32 | 2 |
Midlands | 667 | 351 | 88 |
Birmingham | 112 | 57 | 19 |
Boston | 21 | 11 | 1 |
Chesterfield | 33 | 14 | 7 |
Coventry | 48 | 29 | 5 |
Derby | 48 | 26 | 6 |
Hereford | 9 | 4 | 2 |
Kidderminster | 13 | 8 | 2 |
Leicester | 69 | 44 | 7 |
Lincoln | 17 | 8 | 1 |
Northampton | 32 | 14 | 4 |
Nottingham | 65 | 31 | 12 |
Nuneaton | 7 | 2 | 0 |
Shrewsbury | 38 | 21 | 7 |
Stoke | 49 | 29 | 0 |
Walsall | 25 | 13 | 4 |
Wellingborough | 11 | 6 | 1 |
Wolverhampton | 56 | 25 | 8 |
Worcester | 14 | 9 | 2 |
North East | 468 | 188 | 62 |
Barnsley | 18 | 7 | 5 |
Bedlington | 14 | 2 | 3 |
Bradford | 41 | 17 | 3 |
Darlington | 23 | 8 | 2 |
Doncaster | 17 | 8 | 2 |
Durham | 22 | 8 | 4 |
Gateshead | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Grimsby | 19 | 7 | 2 |
Hull | 20 | 15 | 0 |
Leeds | 20 | 7 | 1 |
Newcastle | 25 | 9 | 3 |
North Shields | 19 | 3 | 5 |
Scarborough | 12 | 4 | 4 |
Sheffield | 40 | 15 | 6 |
South Shields | 27 | 8 | 1 |
Sunderland | 38 | 20 | 3 |
Teesside | 49 | 25 | 6 |
Wakefield | 42 | 18 | 7 |
York | 17 | 7 | 5 |
North West | 323 | 82 | 72 |
Barrow | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Birkenhead | 9 | 1 | 2 |
Blackburn | 13 | 3 | 3 |
Blackpool | 13 | 1 | 4 |
Bolton | 21 | 6 | 4 |
Burnley | 7 | 0 | 3 |
Carlisle | 9 | 1 | 1 |
Chester | 25 | 5 | 6 |
Lancaster | 7 | 3 | 0 |
Liverpool | 38 | 16 | 7 |
Manchester | 50 | 15 | 12 |
Preston | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Rochdale | 28 | 6 | 5 |
St Helens | 21 | 1 | 2 |
Stockport | 40 | 17 | 9 |
Wigan | 24 | 4 | 9 |
Workington | 9 | 1 | 3 |
Scotland | 214 | 20 | 70 |
Aberdeen | 13 | 0 | 3 |
Ayr | 17 | 1 | 6 |
Campbeltown Centre | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dumfries (Cairndale) | 9 | 0 | 7 |
Dundee | 12 | 0 | 3 |
Dunfermline | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Edinburgh | 27 | 1 | 15 |
Galashiels | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Glasgow | 50 | 6 | 18 |
Greenock | 12 | 3 | 0 |
Hamilton | 19 | 3 | 3 |
Inverness | 14 | 0 | 6 |
Kilmarnock | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Kirkcaldy | 8 | 2 | 2 |
Lerwick | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Stirling | 17 | 2 | 4 |
South East | 420 | 209 | 48 |
Ashford | 20 | 10 | 1 |
Basildon | 16 | 7 | 2 |
Bedford | 13 | 7 | 1 |
Brighton | 39 | 20 | 6 |
Cambridge | 11 | 5 | 1 |
Chatham | 16 | 8 | 3 |
Chelmsford | 37 | 18 | 3 |
Eastbourne | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Hastings | 9 | 3 | 4 |
High Wycombe | 19 | 8 | 1 |
Ipswich | 25 | 14 | 1 |
Kings Lynn | 15 | 7 | 3 |
Luton | 22 | 13 | 1 |
Margate | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Milton Keynes | 9 | 5 | 1 |
Norwich | 36 | 17 | 5 |
Oxford | 21 | 13 | 3 |
Peterborough | 32 | 12 | 3 |
Reading | 34 | 19 | 4 |
Southend | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Stevenage | 9 | 6 | 1 |
Watford | 29 | 12 | 4 |
South West | 490 | 295 | 15 |
Unallocated 3 | 14 | 8 | 3 |
Aldershot | 31 | 24 | 0 |
Barnstaple | 6 | 4 | 0 |
Bristol | 80 | 42 | 4 |
Exeter | 12 | 5 | 1 |
Gloucester | 35 | 21 | 0 |
Havant | 65 | 43 | 1 |
Newport IOW | 27 | 21 | 2 |
Newton Abbot | 26 | 15 | 0 |
Plymouth | 31 | 19 | 0 |
Poole | 32 | 25 | 1 |
Salisbury | 7 | 3 | 0 |
Southampton | 49 | 26 | 1 |
Swindon | 17 | 8 | 2 |
Taunton | 22 | 12 | 0 |
Truro | 21 | 12 | 0 |
Worle | 15 | 7 | 0 |
Wales | 434 | 278 | 13 |
Aberystwyth | 10 | 5 | 3 |
Caernarfon | 10 | 6 | 1 |
Cardiff | 155 | 108 | 3 |
Carmarthen | 10 | 6 | 0 |
Haverfordwest | 13 | 8 | 0 |
Langstone, Newport | 88 | 55 | 1 |
Llandrindod Wells | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Llangefni | 23 | 15 | 0 |
Port Talbot | 37 | 26 | 0 |
Prestatyn | 24 | 14 | 2 |
Swansea | 27 | 11 | 0 |
Welshpool | 13 | 6 | 3 |
Wrexham | 23 | 17 | 0 |
SSCS Regional Centre Not Known | 3 | 0 | 2 |
National | 3399 | 1581 | 398 |
Universal Credit5 at December 232 | |||
Region / Venue | Total Open Caseload | Ready To List | Listed For Hearing |
London | 2659 | 1361 | 215 |
East London | 566 | 294 | 57 |
Enfield | 8 | 2 | 1 |
Fox Court | 1468 | 754 | 94 |
Hatton Cross | 102 | 40 | 13 |
Romford | 169 | 85 | 34 |
Sutton | 346 | 186 | 16 |
Midlands | 2602 | 1489 | 406 |
Birmingham | 713 | 381 | 142 |
Boston | 51 | 34 | 7 |
Chesterfield | 62 | 34 | 11 |
Coventry | 202 | 125 | 14 |
Derby | 159 | 87 | 31 |
Hereford | 21 | 16 | 0 |
Kidderminster | 20 | 15 | 2 |
Leicester | 265 | 160 | 29 |
Lincoln | 123 | 74 | 19 |
Northampton | 126 | 82 | 16 |
Nottingham | 253 | 148 | 50 |
Nuneaton | 11 | 7 | 0 |
Shrewsbury | 78 | 45 | 7 |
Stoke | 99 | 55 | 9 |
Walsall | 116 | 64 | 15 |
Wellingborough | 43 | 29 | 6 |
Wolverhampton | 218 | 109 | 44 |
Worcester | 42 | 24 | 4 |
North East | 2007 | 1012 | 385 |
Barnsley | 55 | 26 | 13 |
Bedlington | 46 | 20 | 15 |
Berwick | 5 | 3 | 0 |
Bradford | 208 | 118 | 30 |
Darlington | 70 | 26 | 19 |
Doncaster | 84 | 31 | 18 |
Durham | 40 | 17 | 7 |
Gateshead | 24 | 11 | 10 |
Grimsby | 69 | 41 | 11 |
Huddersfield | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Hull | 108 | 62 | 16 |
Leeds | 173 | 68 | 30 |
Newcastle | 229 | 109 | 48 |
North Shields | 45 | 16 | 9 |
Scarborough | 49 | 24 | 15 |
Sheffield | 160 | 67 | 40 |
South Shields | 71 | 40 | 13 |
Sunderland | 124 | 79 | 12 |
Teesside | 227 | 137 | 37 |
Wakefield | 170 | 88 | 32 |
York | 47 | 29 | 10 |
North West | 1512 | 572 | 308 |
Barrow | 12 | 6 | 1 |
Birkenhead | 34 | 15 | 5 |
Blackburn | 33 | 15 | 2 |
Blackpool | 54 | 13 | 10 |
Bolton | 107 | 32 | 24 |
Burnley | 65 | 29 | 8 |
Carlisle | 29 | 14 | 4 |
Chester | 61 | 17 | 6 |
Lancaster | 27 | 13 | 3 |
Liverpool | 179 | 49 | 34 |
Manchester | 467 | 226 | 112 |
Preston | 35 | 7 | 8 |
Rochdale | 91 | 23 | 17 |
St Helens | 79 | 34 | 13 |
Stockport | 141 | 45 | 43 |
Wigan | 85 | 29 | 17 |
Workington | 13 | 5 | 1 |
Scotland | 658 | 187 | 219 |
Aberdeen | 33 | 8 | 15 |
Ayr | 40 | 12 | 13 |
Dumfries (Cairndale) | 13 | 1 | 5 |
Dundee | 44 | 10 | 13 |
Dunfermline | 14 | 3 | 2 |
Edinburgh | 120 | 31 | 40 |
Galashiels | 14 | 6 | 3 |
Glasgow | 206 | 64 | 71 |
Greenock | 25 | 6 | 10 |
Hamilton | 59 | 17 | 19 |
Inverness | 22 | 3 | 9 |
Kilmarnock | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Kirkcaldy | 22 | 9 | 4 |
Kirkwall | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Lerwick | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Lewis | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Oban | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Stirling | 29 | 13 | 9 |
Stranraer | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Wick | 4 | 1 | 1 |
South East | 2002 | 1053 | 321 |
Ashford | 117 | 47 | 28 |
Basildon | 70 | 24 | 19 |
Bedford | 48 | 30 | 6 |
Brighton | 173 | 76 | 35 |
Cambridge | 68 | 33 | 11 |
Chatham | 70 | 27 | 21 |
Chelmsford | 107 | 62 | 11 |
Eastbourne | 26 | 15 | 3 |
Hastings | 43 | 27 | 8 |
High Wycombe | 125 | 70 | 14 |
Ipswich | 89 | 54 | 8 |
Kings Lynn | 36 | 18 | 12 |
Luton | 110 | 65 | 16 |
Margate | 39 | 18 | 8 |
Milton Keynes | 48 | 27 | 6 |
Norwich | 145 | 86 | 22 |
Oxford | 111 | 66 | 13 |
Peterborough | 91 | 45 | 14 |
Reading | 141 | 73 | 21 |
Southend | 65 | 37 | 16 |
Stevenage | 45 | 27 | 2 |
Watford | 235 | 126 | 27 |
South West | 1744 | 1121 | 65 |
Unallocated 3 | 43 | 26 | 2 |
Aldershot | 120 | 74 | 5 |
Barnstaple | 24 | 15 | 0 |
Bristol | 342 | 219 | 11 |
Exeter | 59 | 32 | 0 |
Gloucester | 136 | 99 | 7 |
Havant | 187 | 133 | 5 |
Newport IOW | 49 | 35 | 4 |
Newton Abbot | 61 | 34 | 4 |
Plymouth | 84 | 52 | 0 |
Poole | 159 | 96 | 9 |
Salisbury | 15 | 6 | 1 |
Southampton | 162 | 106 | 5 |
Swindon | 108 | 71 | 5 |
Taunton | 71 | 42 | 0 |
Truro | 87 | 58 | 3 |
Worle | 37 | 23 | 4 |
Wales | 1019 | 712 | 62 |
Aberystwyth | 16 | 8 | 1 |
Caernarfon | 53 | 32 | 6 |
Cardiff | 389 | 277 | 18 |
Carmarthen | 20 | 14 | 0 |
Haverfordwest | 28 | 19 | 1 |
Langstone, Newport | 179 | 133 | 9 |
Llandrindod Wells | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Llangefni | 27 | 20 | 1 |
Port Talbot | 91 | 68 | 3 |
Prestatyn | 74 | 46 | 9 |
Swansea | 58 | 43 | 3 |
Welshpool | 14 | 8 | 3 |
Wrexham | 67 | 41 | 8 |
National | 14203 | 7507 | 1981 |
From April 2023 the SSCS Tribunal started to list cases using a new Scheduling and Listing solution. This, alongside HMCTS migrating to a new Strategic Data Platform, has resulted in some cases heard and decided using this new listing solution not currently being included in the data above.
1. Personal Independence Payment (New Claim Appeals) which replaces Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013, also includes Personal Independence Clams (Reassessments)
2. Data pulled 23/4/2024
3. Unallocated relates to appeals that have not yet been allocated to a venue.
4. Data includes Employment and Support Allowance and Incapacity Benefit reassessment. Employment and Support Allowance was introduced in October 2008 and Incapacity Benefit reassessment followed in October 2010.
5. Universal Credit was introduced on 29 April 2013 in selected areas of Greater Manchester and Cheshire, and has been gradually rolled out to the rest of the UK from October 2013.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that the data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when data are used.
Management information reflects the data held on the case management system, which is subject to change, and can differ from the quality-assured MOJ official statistics, which form the agreed definitive position.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that the data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when data are used.
Asked by: Angela Eagle (Labour - Wallasey)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals relating to Personal Independence Payment claims are awaiting a hearing (a) nationally, (b) by region, (c) by Tribunal Office and (d) by hearing venue; what the average length of time between such appeals being (i) lodged and (ii) heard is (A) nationally, (B) by region, (C) by Tribunal Office and (D) by hearing venue; and in how many cases the length of time waited has exceeded this average (1) nationally, (2) by region, (3) by Tribunal Office and (4) by hearing venue as of 22 April 2024.
Answered by Mike Freer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
The tables below set out the number of Personal Independence Payment, Disability Living Allowance, Employment Support Allowance and Universal Credit appeals awaiting a hearing (a) nationally, (b) by region, and (d) by hearing venue as at end of December 2023 (the latest period for which data are available). There are no separate data collated at (c) tribunal office level.
Information about the average length of time between appeals being lodged and heard; and in how many case the length of time waited has exceeded this average is not held centrally.
Personal Independence Payment1 at December 232 | |||
Region / Venue | Total Open Caseload | Ready To List | Listed For Hearing |
London | 6804 | 3861 | 980 |
Bexleyheath | 1 | 1 | 0 |
East London | 1543 | 905 | 234 |
Enfield | 27 | 11 | 3 |
Fox Court | 3318 | 1846 | 483 |
Hatton Cross | 243 | 98 | 72 |
Romford | 512 | 353 | 67 |
Sutton | 1160 | 647 | 121 |
Midlands | 9330 | 5052 | 1369 |
Birmingham | 1984 | 1007 | 354 |
Boston | 202 | 134 | 25 |
Chesterfield | 457 | 255 | 57 |
Coventry | 698 | 442 | 71 |
Derby | 701 | 417 | 91 |
Hereford | 101 | 43 | 20 |
Kidderminster | 144 | 60 | 30 |
Leicester | 813 | 415 | 108 |
Lincoln | 427 | 258 | 46 |
Northampton | 488 | 328 | 56 |
Nottingham | 1135 | 610 | 168 |
Nuneaton | 99 | 58 | 13 |
Shrewsbury | 333 | 185 | 46 |
Stoke | 427 | 228 | 63 |
Walsall | 316 | 136 | 66 |
Wellingborough | 196 | 114 | 22 |
Wolverhampton | 637 | 262 | 110 |
Worcester | 172 | 100 | 23 |
North East | 7061 | 3468 | 1316 |
Barnsley | 193 | 71 | 38 |
Bedlington | 159 | 66 | 44 |
Berwick | 14 | 6 | 3 |
Bradford | 691 | 334 | 131 |
Darlington | 356 | 195 | 49 |
Doncaster | 316 | 142 | 51 |
Durham | 333 | 169 | 77 |
Gateshead | 78 | 33 | 21 |
Grimsby | 186 | 80 | 37 |
Huddersfield | 32 | 10 | 8 |
Hull | 342 | 181 | 65 |
Leeds | 514 | 165 | 132 |
Newcastle | 332 | 122 | 80 |
North Shields | 134 | 34 | 46 |
Scarborough | 158 | 75 | 29 |
Sheffield | 737 | 381 | 119 |
South Shields | 233 | 112 | 53 |
Sunderland | 545 | 349 | 53 |
Teesside | 871 | 581 | 85 |
Wakefield | 687 | 322 | 138 |
York | 150 | 40 | 57 |
North West | 7362 | 4250 | 1066 |
Barrow | 84 | 53 | 10 |
Birkenhead | 355 | 223 | 43 |
Blackburn | 311 | 180 | 58 |
Blackpool | 355 | 189 | 69 |
Bolton | 414 | 231 | 69 |
Burnley | 263 | 151 | 31 |
Carlisle | 165 | 86 | 32 |
Chester | 500 | 315 | 65 |
Lancaster | 105 | 66 | 1 |
Liverpool | 1023 | 495 | 155 |
Manchester | 1319 | 821 | 164 |
Preston | 248 | 123 | 58 |
Rochdale | 436 | 216 | 90 |
St Helens | 512 | 301 | 73 |
Stockport | 699 | 451 | 68 |
Wigan | 427 | 267 | 49 |
Workington | 146 | 82 | 31 |
Scotland | 263 | 68 | 114 |
Aberdeen | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Ayr | 11 | 1 | 4 |
Dumfries (Cairndale) | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Dundee | 6 | 0 | 2 |
Dunfermline | 7 | 3 | 3 |
Edinburgh | 70 | 19 | 36 |
Galashiels | 6 | 1 | 3 |
Glasgow | 89 | 24 | 36 |
Greenock | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Hamilton | 24 | 3 | 6 |
Inverness | 7 | 4 | 1 |
Kilmarnock | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Kirkcaldy | 22 | 8 | 11 |
Oban | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Stirling | 4 | 0 | 2 |
Stranraer | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Wick | 1 | 0 | 1 |
South East | 7696 | 4930 | 574 |
Ashford | 556 | 349 | 38 |
Basildon | 264 | 144 | 43 |
Bedford | 200 | 133 | 17 |
Brighton | 842 | 541 | 40 |
Cambridge | 238 | 122 | 30 |
Chatham | 466 | 355 | 23 |
Chelmsford | 408 | 265 | 33 |
Eastbourne | 98 | 64 | 8 |
Hastings | 243 | 177 | 10 |
High Wycombe | 321 | 192 | 32 |
Ipswich | 411 | 283 | 22 |
Kings Lynn | 181 | 91 | 13 |
Luton | 363 | 229 | 16 |
Margate | 257 | 162 | 20 |
Milton Keynes | 212 | 119 | 27 |
Norwich | 659 | 470 | 43 |
Oxford | 311 | 216 | 27 |
Peterborough | 307 | 165 | 33 |
Reading | 361 | 224 | 21 |
Southend | 95 | 33 | 21 |
Stevenage | 163 | 94 | 14 |
Watford | 740 | 502 | 43 |
South West | 5916 | 3428 | 625 |
Unallocated 3 | 177 | 115 | 11 |
Aldershot | 289 | 162 | 38 |
Barnstaple | 80 | 36 | 8 |
Bristol | 1167 | 724 | 122 |
Exeter | 224 | 80 | 49 |
Gloucester | 432 | 257 | 38 |
Havant | 657 | 440 | 45 |
Newport IOW | 222 | 153 | 13 |
Newton Abbot | 246 | 126 | 29 |
Plymouth | 384 | 193 | 55 |
Poole | 441 | 249 | 49 |
Salisbury | 46 | 10 | 10 |
Southampton | 606 | 401 | 40 |
Swindon | 320 | 218 | 23 |
Taunton | 239 | 134 | 24 |
Truro | 255 | 68 | 59 |
Worle | 131 | 62 | 12 |
Wales | 4181 | 2180 | 514 |
Aberystwyth | 49 | 24 | 6 |
Caernarfon | 101 | 23 | 15 |
Cardiff | 1746 | 949 | 250 |
Carmarthen | 72 | 15 | 19 |
Haverfordwest | 105 | 39 | 16 |
Langstone, Newport | 793 | 459 | 76 |
Llandrindod Wells | 32 | 16 | 8 |
Llangefni | 199 | 121 | 18 |
Port Talbot | 305 | 112 | 35 |
Prestatyn | 277 | 170 | 13 |
Swansea | 194 | 75 | 25 |
Welshpool | 52 | 31 | 8 |
Wrexham | 256 | 146 | 25 |
SSCS Regional Centre Not Known | 10 | 4 | 0 |
National | 48623 | 27241 | 6558 |
Disability Living Allowance at December 232 | |||
Region / Venue | Total Open Caseload | Ready To List | Listed For Hearing |
London | 592 | 426 | 73 |
East London | 149 | 114 | 22 |
Enfield | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Fox Court | 264 | 180 | 36 |
Hatton Cross | 20 | 14 | 3 |
Romford | 54 | 41 | 4 |
Sutton | 103 | 75 | 8 |
Midlands | 597 | 394 | 91 |
Birmingham | 164 | 84 | 39 |
Boston | 10 | 9 | 0 |
Chesterfield | 26 | 20 | 2 |
Coventry | 46 | 35 | 4 |
Derby | 40 | 32 | 5 |
Hereford | 7 | 5 | 0 |
Kidderminster | 11 | 8 | 1 |
Leicester | 43 | 32 | 8 |
Lincoln | 36 | 25 | 1 |
Northampton | 26 | 19 | 4 |
Nottingham | 63 | 41 | 10 |
Nuneaton | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Shrewsbury | 20 | 15 | 3 |
Stoke | 30 | 23 | 4 |
Walsall | 19 | 10 | 1 |
Wellingborough | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Wolverhampton | 34 | 17 | 8 |
Worcester | 8 | 7 | 0 |
North East | 489 | 326 | 68 |
Barnsley | 15 | 9 | 2 |
Bedlington | 9 | 7 | 0 |
Bradford | 54 | 36 | 8 |
Darlington | 29 | 20 | 4 |
Doncaster | 14 | 5 | 2 |
Durham | 20 | 15 | 4 |
Gateshead | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Grimsby | 12 | 5 | 4 |
Huddersfield | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Hull | 23 | 16 | 5 |
Leeds | 30 | 8 | 12 |
Newcastle | 16 | 7 | 5 |
North Shields | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Scarborough | 9 | 5 | 2 |
Sheffield | 71 | 52 | 3 |
South Shields | 19 | 11 | 4 |
Sunderland | 40 | 29 | 3 |
Teesside | 67 | 61 | 1 |
Wakefield | 47 | 32 | 6 |
York | 7 | 4 | 2 |
North West | 535 | 372 | 87 |
Barrow | 5 | 4 | 0 |
Birkenhead | 32 | 19 | 7 |
Blackburn | 26 | 17 | 6 |
Blackpool | 19 | 10 | 2 |
Bolton | 30 | 20 | 5 |
Burnley | 14 | 11 | 2 |
Carlisle | 9 | 3 | 4 |
Chester | 20 | 14 | 4 |
Lancaster | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Liverpool | 70 | 45 | 12 |
Manchester | 113 | 89 | 14 |
Preston | 14 | 9 | 2 |
Rochdale | 40 | 25 | 10 |
St Helens | 42 | 27 | 9 |
Stockport | 60 | 49 | 4 |
Wigan | 31 | 21 | 6 |
Workington | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Scotland | 8 | 2 | 3 |
Ayr | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Dundee | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Edinburgh | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Glasgow | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Inverness | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Kirkcaldy | 1 | 1 | 0 |
South East | 555 | 427 | 52 |
Ashford | 33 | 24 | 3 |
Basildon | 25 | 15 | 5 |
Bedford | 20 | 16 | 1 |
Brighton | 46 | 36 | 2 |
Cambridge | 10 | 4 | 6 |
Chatham | 47 | 41 | 4 |
Chelmsford | 38 | 28 | 4 |
Eastbourne | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Hastings | 13 | 10 | 1 |
High Wycombe | 27 | 18 | 5 |
Ipswich | 30 | 23 | 2 |
Kings Lynn | 12 | 10 | 2 |
Luton | 27 | 26 | 0 |
Margate | 15 | 14 | 1 |
Milton Keynes | 14 | 8 | 3 |
Norwich | 46 | 37 | 3 |
Oxford | 23 | 18 | 1 |
Peterborough | 19 | 14 | 3 |
Reading | 26 | 23 | 0 |
Southend | 8 | 4 | 3 |
Stevenage | 12 | 8 | 1 |
Watford | 60 | 47 | 2 |
South West | 394 | 266 | 45 |
Unallocated 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
Aldershot | 26 | 20 | 2 |
Barnstaple | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Bristol | 79 | 52 | 9 |
Exeter | 13 | 4 | 3 |
Gloucester | 27 | 15 | 4 |
Havant | 48 | 33 | 6 |
Newport IOW | 13 | 11 | 1 |
Newton Abbot | 12 | 8 | 0 |
Plymouth | 21 | 15 | 2 |
Poole | 30 | 23 | 2 |
Salisbury | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Southampton | 36 | 26 | 5 |
Swindon | 24 | 19 | 2 |
Taunton | 21 | 17 | 2 |
Truro | 16 | 9 | 4 |
Worle | 12 | 7 | 0 |
Wales | 247 | 148 | 35 |
Aberystwyth | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Caernarfon | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Cardiff | 115 | 61 | 18 |
Carmarthen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Haverfordwest | 4 | 0 | 3 |
Langstone, Newport | 45 | 33 | 3 |
Llandrindod Wells | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Llangefni | 13 | 10 | 1 |
Port Talbot | 15 | 9 | 2 |
Prestatyn | 16 | 13 | 0 |
Swansea | 9 | 3 | 4 |
Welshpool | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Wrexham | 21 | 14 | 1 |
SSCS Regional Centre Not Known | 1 | 0 | 0 |
National | 3418 | 2361 | 454 |
Employment and Support Allowance4 at December 232 | |||
Region / Venue | Total Open Caseload | Ready To List | Listed For Hearing |
London | 380 | 158 | 28 |
East London | 116 | 59 | 4 |
Enfield | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Fox Court | 149 | 47 | 17 |
Hatton Cross | 19 | 8 | 3 |
Romford | 24 | 12 | 2 |
Sutton | 70 | 32 | 2 |
Midlands | 667 | 351 | 88 |
Birmingham | 112 | 57 | 19 |
Boston | 21 | 11 | 1 |
Chesterfield | 33 | 14 | 7 |
Coventry | 48 | 29 | 5 |
Derby | 48 | 26 | 6 |
Hereford | 9 | 4 | 2 |
Kidderminster | 13 | 8 | 2 |
Leicester | 69 | 44 | 7 |
Lincoln | 17 | 8 | 1 |
Northampton | 32 | 14 | 4 |
Nottingham | 65 | 31 | 12 |
Nuneaton | 7 | 2 | 0 |
Shrewsbury | 38 | 21 | 7 |
Stoke | 49 | 29 | 0 |
Walsall | 25 | 13 | 4 |
Wellingborough | 11 | 6 | 1 |
Wolverhampton | 56 | 25 | 8 |
Worcester | 14 | 9 | 2 |
North East | 468 | 188 | 62 |
Barnsley | 18 | 7 | 5 |
Bedlington | 14 | 2 | 3 |
Bradford | 41 | 17 | 3 |
Darlington | 23 | 8 | 2 |
Doncaster | 17 | 8 | 2 |
Durham | 22 | 8 | 4 |
Gateshead | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Grimsby | 19 | 7 | 2 |
Hull | 20 | 15 | 0 |
Leeds | 20 | 7 | 1 |
Newcastle | 25 | 9 | 3 |
North Shields | 19 | 3 | 5 |
Scarborough | 12 | 4 | 4 |
Sheffield | 40 | 15 | 6 |
South Shields | 27 | 8 | 1 |
Sunderland | 38 | 20 | 3 |
Teesside | 49 | 25 | 6 |
Wakefield | 42 | 18 | 7 |
York | 17 | 7 | 5 |
North West | 323 | 82 | 72 |
Barrow | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Birkenhead | 9 | 1 | 2 |
Blackburn | 13 | 3 | 3 |
Blackpool | 13 | 1 | 4 |
Bolton | 21 | 6 | 4 |
Burnley | 7 | 0 | 3 |
Carlisle | 9 | 1 | 1 |
Chester | 25 | 5 | 6 |
Lancaster | 7 | 3 | 0 |
Liverpool | 38 | 16 | 7 |
Manchester | 50 | 15 | 12 |
Preston | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Rochdale | 28 | 6 | 5 |
St Helens | 21 | 1 | 2 |
Stockport | 40 | 17 | 9 |
Wigan | 24 | 4 | 9 |
Workington | 9 | 1 | 3 |
Scotland | 214 | 20 | 70 |
Aberdeen | 13 | 0 | 3 |
Ayr | 17 | 1 | 6 |
Campbeltown Centre | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dumfries (Cairndale) | 9 | 0 | 7 |
Dundee | 12 | 0 | 3 |
Dunfermline | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Edinburgh | 27 | 1 | 15 |
Galashiels | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Glasgow | 50 | 6 | 18 |
Greenock | 12 | 3 | 0 |
Hamilton | 19 | 3 | 3 |
Inverness | 14 | 0 | 6 |
Kilmarnock | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Kirkcaldy | 8 | 2 | 2 |
Lerwick | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Stirling | 17 | 2 | 4 |
South East | 420 | 209 | 48 |
Ashford | 20 | 10 | 1 |
Basildon | 16 | 7 | 2 |
Bedford | 13 | 7 | 1 |
Brighton | 39 | 20 | 6 |
Cambridge | 11 | 5 | 1 |
Chatham | 16 | 8 | 3 |
Chelmsford | 37 | 18 | 3 |
Eastbourne | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Hastings | 9 | 3 | 4 |
High Wycombe | 19 | 8 | 1 |
Ipswich | 25 | 14 | 1 |
Kings Lynn | 15 | 7 | 3 |
Luton | 22 | 13 | 1 |
Margate | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Milton Keynes | 9 | 5 | 1 |
Norwich | 36 | 17 | 5 |
Oxford | 21 | 13 | 3 |
Peterborough | 32 | 12 | 3 |
Reading | 34 | 19 | 4 |
Southend | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Stevenage | 9 | 6 | 1 |
Watford | 29 | 12 | 4 |
South West | 490 | 295 | 15 |
Unallocated 3 | 14 | 8 | 3 |
Aldershot | 31 | 24 | 0 |
Barnstaple | 6 | 4 | 0 |
Bristol | 80 | 42 | 4 |
Exeter | 12 | 5 | 1 |
Gloucester | 35 | 21 | 0 |
Havant | 65 | 43 | 1 |
Newport IOW | 27 | 21 | 2 |
Newton Abbot | 26 | 15 | 0 |
Plymouth | 31 | 19 | 0 |
Poole | 32 | 25 | 1 |
Salisbury | 7 | 3 | 0 |
Southampton | 49 | 26 | 1 |
Swindon | 17 | 8 | 2 |
Taunton | 22 | 12 | 0 |
Truro | 21 | 12 | 0 |
Worle | 15 | 7 | 0 |
Wales | 434 | 278 | 13 |
Aberystwyth | 10 | 5 | 3 |
Caernarfon | 10 | 6 | 1 |
Cardiff | 155 | 108 | 3 |
Carmarthen | 10 | 6 | 0 |
Haverfordwest | 13 | 8 | 0 |
Langstone, Newport | 88 | 55 | 1 |
Llandrindod Wells | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Llangefni | 23 | 15 | 0 |
Port Talbot | 37 | 26 | 0 |
Prestatyn | 24 | 14 | 2 |
Swansea | 27 | 11 | 0 |
Welshpool | 13 | 6 | 3 |
Wrexham | 23 | 17 | 0 |
SSCS Regional Centre Not Known | 3 | 0 | 2 |
National | 3399 | 1581 | 398 |
Universal Credit5 at December 232 | |||
Region / Venue | Total Open Caseload | Ready To List | Listed For Hearing |
London | 2659 | 1361 | 215 |
East London | 566 | 294 | 57 |
Enfield | 8 | 2 | 1 |
Fox Court | 1468 | 754 | 94 |
Hatton Cross | 102 | 40 | 13 |
Romford | 169 | 85 | 34 |
Sutton | 346 | 186 | 16 |
Midlands | 2602 | 1489 | 406 |
Birmingham | 713 | 381 | 142 |
Boston | 51 | 34 | 7 |
Chesterfield | 62 | 34 | 11 |
Coventry | 202 | 125 | 14 |
Derby | 159 | 87 | 31 |
Hereford | 21 | 16 | 0 |
Kidderminster | 20 | 15 | 2 |
Leicester | 265 | 160 | 29 |
Lincoln | 123 | 74 | 19 |
Northampton | 126 | 82 | 16 |
Nottingham | 253 | 148 | 50 |
Nuneaton | 11 | 7 | 0 |
Shrewsbury | 78 | 45 | 7 |
Stoke | 99 | 55 | 9 |
Walsall | 116 | 64 | 15 |
Wellingborough | 43 | 29 | 6 |
Wolverhampton | 218 | 109 | 44 |
Worcester | 42 | 24 | 4 |
North East | 2007 | 1012 | 385 |
Barnsley | 55 | 26 | 13 |
Bedlington | 46 | 20 | 15 |
Berwick | 5 | 3 | 0 |
Bradford | 208 | 118 | 30 |
Darlington | 70 | 26 | 19 |
Doncaster | 84 | 31 | 18 |
Durham | 40 | 17 | 7 |
Gateshead | 24 | 11 | 10 |
Grimsby | 69 | 41 | 11 |
Huddersfield | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Hull | 108 | 62 | 16 |
Leeds | 173 | 68 | 30 |
Newcastle | 229 | 109 | 48 |
North Shields | 45 | 16 | 9 |
Scarborough | 49 | 24 | 15 |
Sheffield | 160 | 67 | 40 |
South Shields | 71 | 40 | 13 |
Sunderland | 124 | 79 | 12 |
Teesside | 227 | 137 | 37 |
Wakefield | 170 | 88 | 32 |
York | 47 | 29 | 10 |
North West | 1512 | 572 | 308 |
Barrow | 12 | 6 | 1 |
Birkenhead | 34 | 15 | 5 |
Blackburn | 33 | 15 | 2 |
Blackpool | 54 | 13 | 10 |
Bolton | 107 | 32 | 24 |
Burnley | 65 | 29 | 8 |
Carlisle | 29 | 14 | 4 |
Chester | 61 | 17 | 6 |
Lancaster | 27 | 13 | 3 |
Liverpool | 179 | 49 | 34 |
Manchester | 467 | 226 | 112 |
Preston | 35 | 7 | 8 |
Rochdale | 91 | 23 | 17 |
St Helens | 79 | 34 | 13 |
Stockport | 141 | 45 | 43 |
Wigan | 85 | 29 | 17 |
Workington | 13 | 5 | 1 |
Scotland | 658 | 187 | 219 |
Aberdeen | 33 | 8 | 15 |
Ayr | 40 | 12 | 13 |
Dumfries (Cairndale) | 13 | 1 | 5 |
Dundee | 44 | 10 | 13 |
Dunfermline | 14 | 3 | 2 |
Edinburgh | 120 | 31 | 40 |
Galashiels | 14 | 6 | 3 |
Glasgow | 206 | 64 | 71 |
Greenock | 25 | 6 | 10 |
Hamilton | 59 | 17 | 19 |
Inverness | 22 | 3 | 9 |
Kilmarnock | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Kirkcaldy | 22 | 9 | 4 |
Kirkwall | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Lerwick | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Lewis | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Oban | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Stirling | 29 | 13 | 9 |
Stranraer | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Wick | 4 | 1 | 1 |
South East | 2002 | 1053 | 321 |
Ashford | 117 | 47 | 28 |
Basildon | 70 | 24 | 19 |
Bedford | 48 | 30 | 6 |
Brighton | 173 | 76 | 35 |
Cambridge | 68 | 33 | 11 |
Chatham | 70 | 27 | 21 |
Chelmsford | 107 | 62 | 11 |
Eastbourne | 26 | 15 | 3 |
Hastings | 43 | 27 | 8 |
High Wycombe | 125 | 70 | 14 |
Ipswich | 89 | 54 | 8 |
Kings Lynn | 36 | 18 | 12 |
Luton | 110 | 65 | 16 |
Margate | 39 | 18 | 8 |
Milton Keynes | 48 | 27 | 6 |
Norwich | 145 | 86 | 22 |
Oxford | 111 | 66 | 13 |
Peterborough | 91 | 45 | 14 |
Reading | 141 | 73 | 21 |
Southend | 65 | 37 | 16 |
Stevenage | 45 | 27 | 2 |
Watford | 235 | 126 | 27 |
South West | 1744 | 1121 | 65 |
Unallocated 3 | 43 | 26 | 2 |
Aldershot | 120 | 74 | 5 |
Barnstaple | 24 | 15 | 0 |
Bristol | 342 | 219 | 11 |
Exeter | 59 | 32 | 0 |
Gloucester | 136 | 99 | 7 |
Havant | 187 | 133 | 5 |
Newport IOW | 49 | 35 | 4 |
Newton Abbot | 61 | 34 | 4 |
Plymouth | 84 | 52 | 0 |
Poole | 159 | 96 | 9 |
Salisbury | 15 | 6 | 1 |
Southampton | 162 | 106 | 5 |
Swindon | 108 | 71 | 5 |
Taunton | 71 | 42 | 0 |
Truro | 87 | 58 | 3 |
Worle | 37 | 23 | 4 |
Wales | 1019 | 712 | 62 |
Aberystwyth | 16 | 8 | 1 |
Caernarfon | 53 | 32 | 6 |
Cardiff | 389 | 277 | 18 |
Carmarthen | 20 | 14 | 0 |
Haverfordwest | 28 | 19 | 1 |
Langstone, Newport | 179 | 133 | 9 |
Llandrindod Wells | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Llangefni | 27 | 20 | 1 |
Port Talbot | 91 | 68 | 3 |
Prestatyn | 74 | 46 | 9 |
Swansea | 58 | 43 | 3 |
Welshpool | 14 | 8 | 3 |
Wrexham | 67 | 41 | 8 |
National | 14203 | 7507 | 1981 |
From April 2023 the SSCS Tribunal started to list cases using a new Scheduling and Listing solution. This, alongside HMCTS migrating to a new Strategic Data Platform, has resulted in some cases heard and decided using this new listing solution not currently being included in the data above.
1. Personal Independence Payment (New Claim Appeals) which replaces Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013, also includes Personal Independence Clams (Reassessments)
2. Data pulled 23/4/2024
3. Unallocated relates to appeals that have not yet been allocated to a venue.
4. Data includes Employment and Support Allowance and Incapacity Benefit reassessment. Employment and Support Allowance was introduced in October 2008 and Incapacity Benefit reassessment followed in October 2010.
5. Universal Credit was introduced on 29 April 2013 in selected areas of Greater Manchester and Cheshire, and has been gradually rolled out to the rest of the UK from October 2013.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that the data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when data are used.
Management information reflects the data held on the case management system, which is subject to change, and can differ from the quality-assured MOJ official statistics, which form the agreed definitive position.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that the data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when data are used.
Asked by: Angela Eagle (Labour - Wallasey)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals relating to Employment Support Allowance claims are awaiting a hearing (a) nationally, (b) by region, (c) by Tribunal Office and (d) by hearing venue; what the average length of time between such appeals being (i) lodged and (ii) heard is (A) nationally, (B) by region, (C) by Tribunal Office and (D) by hearing venue; and in how many cases the length of time waited has exceeded this average (1) nationally, (2) by region, (3) by Tribunal Office and (4) by hearing venue as of 22 April 2024.
Answered by Mike Freer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
The tables below set out the number of Personal Independence Payment, Disability Living Allowance, Employment Support Allowance and Universal Credit appeals awaiting a hearing (a) nationally, (b) by region, and (d) by hearing venue as at end of December 2023 (the latest period for which data are available). There are no separate data collated at (c) tribunal office level.
Information about the average length of time between appeals being lodged and heard; and in how many case the length of time waited has exceeded this average is not held centrally.
Personal Independence Payment1 at December 232 | |||
Region / Venue | Total Open Caseload | Ready To List | Listed For Hearing |
London | 6804 | 3861 | 980 |
Bexleyheath | 1 | 1 | 0 |
East London | 1543 | 905 | 234 |
Enfield | 27 | 11 | 3 |
Fox Court | 3318 | 1846 | 483 |
Hatton Cross | 243 | 98 | 72 |
Romford | 512 | 353 | 67 |
Sutton | 1160 | 647 | 121 |
Midlands | 9330 | 5052 | 1369 |
Birmingham | 1984 | 1007 | 354 |
Boston | 202 | 134 | 25 |
Chesterfield | 457 | 255 | 57 |
Coventry | 698 | 442 | 71 |
Derby | 701 | 417 | 91 |
Hereford | 101 | 43 | 20 |
Kidderminster | 144 | 60 | 30 |
Leicester | 813 | 415 | 108 |
Lincoln | 427 | 258 | 46 |
Northampton | 488 | 328 | 56 |
Nottingham | 1135 | 610 | 168 |
Nuneaton | 99 | 58 | 13 |
Shrewsbury | 333 | 185 | 46 |
Stoke | 427 | 228 | 63 |
Walsall | 316 | 136 | 66 |
Wellingborough | 196 | 114 | 22 |
Wolverhampton | 637 | 262 | 110 |
Worcester | 172 | 100 | 23 |
North East | 7061 | 3468 | 1316 |
Barnsley | 193 | 71 | 38 |
Bedlington | 159 | 66 | 44 |
Berwick | 14 | 6 | 3 |
Bradford | 691 | 334 | 131 |
Darlington | 356 | 195 | 49 |
Doncaster | 316 | 142 | 51 |
Durham | 333 | 169 | 77 |
Gateshead | 78 | 33 | 21 |
Grimsby | 186 | 80 | 37 |
Huddersfield | 32 | 10 | 8 |
Hull | 342 | 181 | 65 |
Leeds | 514 | 165 | 132 |
Newcastle | 332 | 122 | 80 |
North Shields | 134 | 34 | 46 |
Scarborough | 158 | 75 | 29 |
Sheffield | 737 | 381 | 119 |
South Shields | 233 | 112 | 53 |
Sunderland | 545 | 349 | 53 |
Teesside | 871 | 581 | 85 |
Wakefield | 687 | 322 | 138 |
York | 150 | 40 | 57 |
North West | 7362 | 4250 | 1066 |
Barrow | 84 | 53 | 10 |
Birkenhead | 355 | 223 | 43 |
Blackburn | 311 | 180 | 58 |
Blackpool | 355 | 189 | 69 |
Bolton | 414 | 231 | 69 |
Burnley | 263 | 151 | 31 |
Carlisle | 165 | 86 | 32 |
Chester | 500 | 315 | 65 |
Lancaster | 105 | 66 | 1 |
Liverpool | 1023 | 495 | 155 |
Manchester | 1319 | 821 | 164 |
Preston | 248 | 123 | 58 |
Rochdale | 436 | 216 | 90 |
St Helens | 512 | 301 | 73 |
Stockport | 699 | 451 | 68 |
Wigan | 427 | 267 | 49 |
Workington | 146 | 82 | 31 |
Scotland | 263 | 68 | 114 |
Aberdeen | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Ayr | 11 | 1 | 4 |
Dumfries (Cairndale) | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Dundee | 6 | 0 | 2 |
Dunfermline | 7 | 3 | 3 |
Edinburgh | 70 | 19 | 36 |
Galashiels | 6 | 1 | 3 |
Glasgow | 89 | 24 | 36 |
Greenock | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Hamilton | 24 | 3 | 6 |
Inverness | 7 | 4 | 1 |
Kilmarnock | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Kirkcaldy | 22 | 8 | 11 |
Oban | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Stirling | 4 | 0 | 2 |
Stranraer | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Wick | 1 | 0 | 1 |
South East | 7696 | 4930 | 574 |
Ashford | 556 | 349 | 38 |
Basildon | 264 | 144 | 43 |
Bedford | 200 | 133 | 17 |
Brighton | 842 | 541 | 40 |
Cambridge | 238 | 122 | 30 |
Chatham | 466 | 355 | 23 |
Chelmsford | 408 | 265 | 33 |
Eastbourne | 98 | 64 | 8 |
Hastings | 243 | 177 | 10 |
High Wycombe | 321 | 192 | 32 |
Ipswich | 411 | 283 | 22 |
Kings Lynn | 181 | 91 | 13 |
Luton | 363 | 229 | 16 |
Margate | 257 | 162 | 20 |
Milton Keynes | 212 | 119 | 27 |
Norwich | 659 | 470 | 43 |
Oxford | 311 | 216 | 27 |
Peterborough | 307 | 165 | 33 |
Reading | 361 | 224 | 21 |
Southend | 95 | 33 | 21 |
Stevenage | 163 | 94 | 14 |
Watford | 740 | 502 | 43 |
South West | 5916 | 3428 | 625 |
Unallocated 3 | 177 | 115 | 11 |
Aldershot | 289 | 162 | 38 |
Barnstaple | 80 | 36 | 8 |
Bristol | 1167 | 724 | 122 |
Exeter | 224 | 80 | 49 |
Gloucester | 432 | 257 | 38 |
Havant | 657 | 440 | 45 |
Newport IOW | 222 | 153 | 13 |
Newton Abbot | 246 | 126 | 29 |
Plymouth | 384 | 193 | 55 |
Poole | 441 | 249 | 49 |
Salisbury | 46 | 10 | 10 |
Southampton | 606 | 401 | 40 |
Swindon | 320 | 218 | 23 |
Taunton | 239 | 134 | 24 |
Truro | 255 | 68 | 59 |
Worle | 131 | 62 | 12 |
Wales | 4181 | 2180 | 514 |
Aberystwyth | 49 | 24 | 6 |
Caernarfon | 101 | 23 | 15 |
Cardiff | 1746 | 949 | 250 |
Carmarthen | 72 | 15 | 19 |
Haverfordwest | 105 | 39 | 16 |
Langstone, Newport | 793 | 459 | 76 |
Llandrindod Wells | 32 | 16 | 8 |
Llangefni | 199 | 121 | 18 |
Port Talbot | 305 | 112 | 35 |
Prestatyn | 277 | 170 | 13 |
Swansea | 194 | 75 | 25 |
Welshpool | 52 | 31 | 8 |
Wrexham | 256 | 146 | 25 |
SSCS Regional Centre Not Known | 10 | 4 | 0 |
National | 48623 | 27241 | 6558 |
Disability Living Allowance at December 232 | |||
Region / Venue | Total Open Caseload | Ready To List | Listed For Hearing |
London | 592 | 426 | 73 |
East London | 149 | 114 | 22 |
Enfield | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Fox Court | 264 | 180 | 36 |
Hatton Cross | 20 | 14 | 3 |
Romford | 54 | 41 | 4 |
Sutton | 103 | 75 | 8 |
Midlands | 597 | 394 | 91 |
Birmingham | 164 | 84 | 39 |
Boston | 10 | 9 | 0 |
Chesterfield | 26 | 20 | 2 |
Coventry | 46 | 35 | 4 |
Derby | 40 | 32 | 5 |
Hereford | 7 | 5 | 0 |
Kidderminster | 11 | 8 | 1 |
Leicester | 43 | 32 | 8 |
Lincoln | 36 | 25 | 1 |
Northampton | 26 | 19 | 4 |
Nottingham | 63 | 41 | 10 |
Nuneaton | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Shrewsbury | 20 | 15 | 3 |
Stoke | 30 | 23 | 4 |
Walsall | 19 | 10 | 1 |
Wellingborough | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Wolverhampton | 34 | 17 | 8 |
Worcester | 8 | 7 | 0 |
North East | 489 | 326 | 68 |
Barnsley | 15 | 9 | 2 |
Bedlington | 9 | 7 | 0 |
Bradford | 54 | 36 | 8 |
Darlington | 29 | 20 | 4 |
Doncaster | 14 | 5 | 2 |
Durham | 20 | 15 | 4 |
Gateshead | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Grimsby | 12 | 5 | 4 |
Huddersfield | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Hull | 23 | 16 | 5 |
Leeds | 30 | 8 | 12 |
Newcastle | 16 | 7 | 5 |
North Shields | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Scarborough | 9 | 5 | 2 |
Sheffield | 71 | 52 | 3 |
South Shields | 19 | 11 | 4 |
Sunderland | 40 | 29 | 3 |
Teesside | 67 | 61 | 1 |
Wakefield | 47 | 32 | 6 |
York | 7 | 4 | 2 |
North West | 535 | 372 | 87 |
Barrow | 5 | 4 | 0 |
Birkenhead | 32 | 19 | 7 |
Blackburn | 26 | 17 | 6 |
Blackpool | 19 | 10 | 2 |
Bolton | 30 | 20 | 5 |
Burnley | 14 | 11 | 2 |
Carlisle | 9 | 3 | 4 |
Chester | 20 | 14 | 4 |
Lancaster | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Liverpool | 70 | 45 | 12 |
Manchester | 113 | 89 | 14 |
Preston | 14 | 9 | 2 |
Rochdale | 40 | 25 | 10 |
St Helens | 42 | 27 | 9 |
Stockport | 60 | 49 | 4 |
Wigan | 31 | 21 | 6 |
Workington | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Scotland | 8 | 2 | 3 |
Ayr | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Dundee | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Edinburgh | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Glasgow | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Inverness | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Kirkcaldy | 1 | 1 | 0 |
South East | 555 | 427 | 52 |
Ashford | 33 | 24 | 3 |
Basildon | 25 | 15 | 5 |
Bedford | 20 | 16 | 1 |
Brighton | 46 | 36 | 2 |
Cambridge | 10 | 4 | 6 |
Chatham | 47 | 41 | 4 |
Chelmsford | 38 | 28 | 4 |
Eastbourne | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Hastings | 13 | 10 | 1 |
High Wycombe | 27 | 18 | 5 |
Ipswich | 30 | 23 | 2 |
Kings Lynn | 12 | 10 | 2 |
Luton | 27 | 26 | 0 |
Margate | 15 | 14 | 1 |
Milton Keynes | 14 | 8 | 3 |
Norwich | 46 | 37 | 3 |
Oxford | 23 | 18 | 1 |
Peterborough | 19 | 14 | 3 |
Reading | 26 | 23 | 0 |
Southend | 8 | 4 | 3 |
Stevenage | 12 | 8 | 1 |
Watford | 60 | 47 | 2 |
South West | 394 | 266 | 45 |
Unallocated 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
Aldershot | 26 | 20 | 2 |
Barnstaple | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Bristol | 79 | 52 | 9 |
Exeter | 13 | 4 | 3 |
Gloucester | 27 | 15 | 4 |
Havant | 48 | 33 | 6 |
Newport IOW | 13 | 11 | 1 |
Newton Abbot | 12 | 8 | 0 |
Plymouth | 21 | 15 | 2 |
Poole | 30 | 23 | 2 |
Salisbury | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Southampton | 36 | 26 | 5 |
Swindon | 24 | 19 | 2 |
Taunton | 21 | 17 | 2 |
Truro | 16 | 9 | 4 |
Worle | 12 | 7 | 0 |
Wales | 247 | 148 | 35 |
Aberystwyth | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Caernarfon | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Cardiff | 115 | 61 | 18 |
Carmarthen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Haverfordwest | 4 | 0 | 3 |
Langstone, Newport | 45 | 33 | 3 |
Llandrindod Wells | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Llangefni | 13 | 10 | 1 |
Port Talbot | 15 | 9 | 2 |
Prestatyn | 16 | 13 | 0 |
Swansea | 9 | 3 | 4 |
Welshpool | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Wrexham | 21 | 14 | 1 |
SSCS Regional Centre Not Known | 1 | 0 | 0 |
National | 3418 | 2361 | 454 |
Employment and Support Allowance4 at December 232 | |||
Region / Venue | Total Open Caseload | Ready To List | Listed For Hearing |
London | 380 | 158 | 28 |
East London | 116 | 59 | 4 |
Enfield | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Fox Court | 149 | 47 | 17 |
Hatton Cross | 19 | 8 | 3 |
Romford | 24 | 12 | 2 |
Sutton | 70 | 32 | 2 |
Midlands | 667 | 351 | 88 |
Birmingham | 112 | 57 | 19 |
Boston | 21 | 11 | 1 |
Chesterfield | 33 | 14 | 7 |
Coventry | 48 | 29 | 5 |
Derby | 48 | 26 | 6 |
Hereford | 9 | 4 | 2 |
Kidderminster | 13 | 8 | 2 |
Leicester | 69 | 44 | 7 |
Lincoln | 17 | 8 | 1 |
Northampton | 32 | 14 | 4 |
Nottingham | 65 | 31 | 12 |
Nuneaton | 7 | 2 | 0 |
Shrewsbury | 38 | 21 | 7 |
Stoke | 49 | 29 | 0 |
Walsall | 25 | 13 | 4 |
Wellingborough | 11 | 6 | 1 |
Wolverhampton | 56 | 25 | 8 |
Worcester | 14 | 9 | 2 |
North East | 468 | 188 | 62 |
Barnsley | 18 | 7 | 5 |
Bedlington | 14 | 2 | 3 |
Bradford | 41 | 17 | 3 |
Darlington | 23 | 8 | 2 |
Doncaster | 17 | 8 | 2 |
Durham | 22 | 8 | 4 |
Gateshead | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Grimsby | 19 | 7 | 2 |
Hull | 20 | 15 | 0 |
Leeds | 20 | 7 | 1 |
Newcastle | 25 | 9 | 3 |
North Shields | 19 | 3 | 5 |
Scarborough | 12 | 4 | 4 |
Sheffield | 40 | 15 | 6 |
South Shields | 27 | 8 | 1 |
Sunderland | 38 | 20 | 3 |
Teesside | 49 | 25 | 6 |
Wakefield | 42 | 18 | 7 |
York | 17 | 7 | 5 |
North West | 323 | 82 | 72 |
Barrow | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Birkenhead | 9 | 1 | 2 |
Blackburn | 13 | 3 | 3 |
Blackpool | 13 | 1 | 4 |
Bolton | 21 | 6 | 4 |
Burnley | 7 | 0 | 3 |
Carlisle | 9 | 1 | 1 |
Chester | 25 | 5 | 6 |
Lancaster | 7 | 3 | 0 |
Liverpool | 38 | 16 | 7 |
Manchester | 50 | 15 | 12 |
Preston | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Rochdale | 28 | 6 | 5 |
St Helens | 21 | 1 | 2 |
Stockport | 40 | 17 | 9 |
Wigan | 24 | 4 | 9 |
Workington | 9 | 1 | 3 |
Scotland | 214 | 20 | 70 |
Aberdeen | 13 | 0 | 3 |
Ayr | 17 | 1 | 6 |
Campbeltown Centre | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dumfries (Cairndale) | 9 | 0 | 7 |
Dundee | 12 | 0 | 3 |
Dunfermline | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Edinburgh | 27 | 1 | 15 |
Galashiels | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Glasgow | 50 | 6 | 18 |
Greenock | 12 | 3 | 0 |
Hamilton | 19 | 3 | 3 |
Inverness | 14 | 0 | 6 |
Kilmarnock | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Kirkcaldy | 8 | 2 | 2 |
Lerwick | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Stirling | 17 | 2 | 4 |
South East | 420 | 209 | 48 |
Ashford | 20 | 10 | 1 |
Basildon | 16 | 7 | 2 |
Bedford | 13 | 7 | 1 |
Brighton | 39 | 20 | 6 |
Cambridge | 11 | 5 | 1 |
Chatham | 16 | 8 | 3 |
Chelmsford | 37 | 18 | 3 |
Eastbourne | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Hastings | 9 | 3 | 4 |
High Wycombe | 19 | 8 | 1 |
Ipswich | 25 | 14 | 1 |
Kings Lynn | 15 | 7 | 3 |
Luton | 22 | 13 | 1 |
Margate | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Milton Keynes | 9 | 5 | 1 |
Norwich | 36 | 17 | 5 |
Oxford | 21 | 13 | 3 |
Peterborough | 32 | 12 | 3 |
Reading | 34 | 19 | 4 |
Southend | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Stevenage | 9 | 6 | 1 |
Watford | 29 | 12 | 4 |
South West | 490 | 295 | 15 |
Unallocated 3 | 14 | 8 | 3 |
Aldershot | 31 | 24 | 0 |
Barnstaple | 6 | 4 | 0 |
Bristol | 80 | 42 | 4 |
Exeter | 12 | 5 | 1 |
Gloucester | 35 | 21 | 0 |
Havant | 65 | 43 | 1 |
Newport IOW | 27 | 21 | 2 |
Newton Abbot | 26 | 15 | 0 |
Plymouth | 31 | 19 | 0 |
Poole | 32 | 25 | 1 |
Salisbury | 7 | 3 | 0 |
Southampton | 49 | 26 | 1 |
Swindon | 17 | 8 | 2 |
Taunton | 22 | 12 | 0 |
Truro | 21 | 12 | 0 |
Worle | 15 | 7 | 0 |
Wales | 434 | 278 | 13 |
Aberystwyth | 10 | 5 | 3 |
Caernarfon | 10 | 6 | 1 |
Cardiff | 155 | 108 | 3 |
Carmarthen | 10 | 6 | 0 |
Haverfordwest | 13 | 8 | 0 |
Langstone, Newport | 88 | 55 | 1 |
Llandrindod Wells | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Llangefni | 23 | 15 | 0 |
Port Talbot | 37 | 26 | 0 |
Prestatyn | 24 | 14 | 2 |
Swansea | 27 | 11 | 0 |
Welshpool | 13 | 6 | 3 |
Wrexham | 23 | 17 | 0 |
SSCS Regional Centre Not Known | 3 | 0 | 2 |
National | 3399 | 1581 | 398 |
Universal Credit5 at December 232 | |||
Region / Venue | Total Open Caseload | Ready To List | Listed For Hearing |
London | 2659 | 1361 | 215 |
East London | 566 | 294 | 57 |
Enfield | 8 | 2 | 1 |
Fox Court | 1468 | 754 | 94 |
Hatton Cross | 102 | 40 | 13 |
Romford | 169 | 85 | 34 |
Sutton | 346 | 186 | 16 |
Midlands | 2602 | 1489 | 406 |
Birmingham | 713 | 381 | 142 |
Boston | 51 | 34 | 7 |
Chesterfield | 62 | 34 | 11 |
Coventry | 202 | 125 | 14 |
Derby | 159 | 87 | 31 |
Hereford | 21 | 16 | 0 |
Kidderminster | 20 | 15 | 2 |
Leicester | 265 | 160 | 29 |
Lincoln | 123 | 74 | 19 |
Northampton | 126 | 82 | 16 |
Nottingham | 253 | 148 | 50 |
Nuneaton | 11 | 7 | 0 |
Shrewsbury | 78 | 45 | 7 |
Stoke | 99 | 55 | 9 |
Walsall | 116 | 64 | 15 |
Wellingborough | 43 | 29 | 6 |
Wolverhampton | 218 | 109 | 44 |
Worcester | 42 | 24 | 4 |
North East | 2007 | 1012 | 385 |
Barnsley | 55 | 26 | 13 |
Bedlington | 46 | 20 | 15 |
Berwick | 5 | 3 | 0 |
Bradford | 208 | 118 | 30 |
Darlington | 70 | 26 | 19 |
Doncaster | 84 | 31 | 18 |
Durham | 40 | 17 | 7 |
Gateshead | 24 | 11 | 10 |
Grimsby | 69 | 41 | 11 |
Huddersfield | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Hull | 108 | 62 | 16 |
Leeds | 173 | 68 | 30 |
Newcastle | 229 | 109 | 48 |
North Shields | 45 | 16 | 9 |
Scarborough | 49 | 24 | 15 |
Sheffield | 160 | 67 | 40 |
South Shields | 71 | 40 | 13 |
Sunderland | 124 | 79 | 12 |
Teesside | 227 | 137 | 37 |
Wakefield | 170 | 88 | 32 |
York | 47 | 29 | 10 |
North West | 1512 | 572 | 308 |
Barrow | 12 | 6 | 1 |
Birkenhead | 34 | 15 | 5 |
Blackburn | 33 | 15 | 2 |
Blackpool | 54 | 13 | 10 |
Bolton | 107 | 32 | 24 |
Burnley | 65 | 29 | 8 |
Carlisle | 29 | 14 | 4 |
Chester | 61 | 17 | 6 |
Lancaster | 27 | 13 | 3 |
Liverpool | 179 | 49 | 34 |
Manchester | 467 | 226 | 112 |
Preston | 35 | 7 | 8 |
Rochdale | 91 | 23 | 17 |
St Helens | 79 | 34 | 13 |
Stockport | 141 | 45 | 43 |
Wigan | 85 | 29 | 17 |
Workington | 13 | 5 | 1 |
Scotland | 658 | 187 | 219 |
Aberdeen | 33 | 8 | 15 |
Ayr | 40 | 12 | 13 |
Dumfries (Cairndale) | 13 | 1 | 5 |
Dundee | 44 | 10 | 13 |
Dunfermline | 14 | 3 | 2 |
Edinburgh | 120 | 31 | 40 |
Galashiels | 14 | 6 | 3 |
Glasgow | 206 | 64 | 71 |
Greenock | 25 | 6 | 10 |
Hamilton | 59 | 17 | 19 |
Inverness | 22 | 3 | 9 |
Kilmarnock | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Kirkcaldy | 22 | 9 | 4 |
Kirkwall | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Lerwick | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Lewis | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Oban | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Stirling | 29 | 13 | 9 |
Stranraer | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Wick | 4 | 1 | 1 |
South East | 2002 | 1053 | 321 |
Ashford | 117 | 47 | 28 |
Basildon | 70 | 24 | 19 |
Bedford | 48 | 30 | 6 |
Brighton | 173 | 76 | 35 |
Cambridge | 68 | 33 | 11 |
Chatham | 70 | 27 | 21 |
Chelmsford | 107 | 62 | 11 |
Eastbourne | 26 | 15 | 3 |
Hastings | 43 | 27 | 8 |
High Wycombe | 125 | 70 | 14 |
Ipswich | 89 | 54 | 8 |
Kings Lynn | 36 | 18 | 12 |
Luton | 110 | 65 | 16 |
Margate | 39 | 18 | 8 |
Milton Keynes | 48 | 27 | 6 |
Norwich | 145 | 86 | 22 |
Oxford | 111 | 66 | 13 |
Peterborough | 91 | 45 | 14 |
Reading | 141 | 73 | 21 |
Southend | 65 | 37 | 16 |
Stevenage | 45 | 27 | 2 |
Watford | 235 | 126 | 27 |
South West | 1744 | 1121 | 65 |
Unallocated 3 | 43 | 26 | 2 |
Aldershot | 120 | 74 | 5 |
Barnstaple | 24 | 15 | 0 |
Bristol | 342 | 219 | 11 |
Exeter | 59 | 32 | 0 |
Gloucester | 136 | 99 | 7 |
Havant | 187 | 133 | 5 |
Newport IOW | 49 | 35 | 4 |
Newton Abbot | 61 | 34 | 4 |
Plymouth | 84 | 52 | 0 |
Poole | 159 | 96 | 9 |
Salisbury | 15 | 6 | 1 |
Southampton | 162 | 106 | 5 |
Swindon | 108 | 71 | 5 |
Taunton | 71 | 42 | 0 |
Truro | 87 | 58 | 3 |
Worle | 37 | 23 | 4 |
Wales | 1019 | 712 | 62 |
Aberystwyth | 16 | 8 | 1 |
Caernarfon | 53 | 32 | 6 |
Cardiff | 389 | 277 | 18 |
Carmarthen | 20 | 14 | 0 |
Haverfordwest | 28 | 19 | 1 |
Langstone, Newport | 179 | 133 | 9 |
Llandrindod Wells | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Llangefni | 27 | 20 | 1 |
Port Talbot | 91 | 68 | 3 |
Prestatyn | 74 | 46 | 9 |
Swansea | 58 | 43 | 3 |
Welshpool | 14 | 8 | 3 |
Wrexham | 67 | 41 | 8 |
National | 14203 | 7507 | 1981 |
From April 2023 the SSCS Tribunal started to list cases using a new Scheduling and Listing solution. This, alongside HMCTS migrating to a new Strategic Data Platform, has resulted in some cases heard and decided using this new listing solution not currently being included in the data above.
1. Personal Independence Payment (New Claim Appeals) which replaces Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013, also includes Personal Independence Clams (Reassessments)
2. Data pulled 23/4/2024
3. Unallocated relates to appeals that have not yet been allocated to a venue.
4. Data includes Employment and Support Allowance and Incapacity Benefit reassessment. Employment and Support Allowance was introduced in October 2008 and Incapacity Benefit reassessment followed in October 2010.
5. Universal Credit was introduced on 29 April 2013 in selected areas of Greater Manchester and Cheshire, and has been gradually rolled out to the rest of the UK from October 2013.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that the data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when data are used.
Management information reflects the data held on the case management system, which is subject to change, and can differ from the quality-assured MOJ official statistics, which form the agreed definitive position.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that the data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when data are used.
Asked by: Lord Bishop of Chelmsford (Bishops - Bishops)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the publication of their rough sleeping statistics on 29 February which showed a 965.91 per cent increase from July to December 2023 in people sleeping rough after leaving asylum support over the previous 85 days, what consideration they have given to extending the move-on period from 28 days to 56 days for refugees leaving asylum support; and what assessment they have made of the impact this extension would have on homelessness.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
The Second Permanent Secretary and I recently met with the Bishop of London to discuss the Government support available to newly recognised refugees moving on from asylum accommodation.
Following the service of an asylum decision, an individual continues to be an asylum seeker for the purpose of asylum support until the end of the relevant prescribed period set out in legislation. This period is 28 calendar days from when an individual is notified of a decision to accept their asylum claim and grant them leave and we have no plans to extend this period. Whilst our legislative power is clear, we do in practice already extend support beyond this. Our current process means that individuals can remain on asylum support for at least 28 days after they have been issued a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP), which means that individuals have longer than 28 days to make arrangements to move on before their asylum support ends. It is important that individuals initiate plans to move on from asylum support as soon as they are served their asylum decision in order to maximise the time they have to make move on arrangements.
We offer move on support to all individuals through Migrant Help or their partner organisation. This includes providing advice on accessing the labour market, on applying for Universal Credit and signposting to local authorities for assistance with housing. Individuals do not need to wait for their BRP to make a claim for benefits and are encouraged to do so as early as possible if they require them.
We continue to identify and make efficiencies in supporting newly recognised refugees during the move on period and to mitigate the risk of homelessness. We are fully committed to working with partners in doing this. We have already worked closely with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) to ensure the right asylum decision data is being shared with local authorities to enable effective planning and to lessen the impact on existing homelessness and rough sleeping pressures. We are also utilising Home Office Liaison Officers to replicate part of the Afghan resettlement move on process. We have been working in three local authority areas since December 2023; Glasgow, Brent and Hillingdon. This has now been expanded to Manchester and Liverpool.
Asked by: Lord Bishop of Chelmsford (Bishops - Bishops)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to work with the third sector to jointly create a comprehensive and properly funded transition process for people whose asylum support is due to end, to enable information and support around housing and benefits to be given as far in advance as possible.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
The Second Permanent Secretary and I recently met with the Bishop of London to discuss the Government support available to newly recognised refugees moving on from asylum accommodation.
Following the service of an asylum decision, an individual continues to be an asylum seeker for the purpose of asylum support until the end of the relevant prescribed period set out in legislation. This period is 28 calendar days from when an individual is notified of a decision to accept their asylum claim and grant them leave and we have no plans to extend this period. Whilst our legislative power is clear, we do in practice already extend support beyond this. Our current process means that individuals can remain on asylum support for at least 28 days after they have been issued a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP), which means that individuals have longer than 28 days to make arrangements to move on before their asylum support ends. It is important that individuals initiate plans to move on from asylum support as soon as they are served their asylum decision in order to maximise the time they have to make move on arrangements.
We offer move on support to all individuals through Migrant Help or their partner organisation. This includes providing advice on accessing the labour market, on applying for Universal Credit and signposting to local authorities for assistance with housing. Individuals do not need to wait for their BRP to make a claim for benefits and are encouraged to do so as early as possible if they require them.
We continue to identify and make efficiencies in supporting newly recognised refugees during the move on period and to mitigate the risk of homelessness. We are fully committed to working with partners in doing this. We have already worked closely with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) to ensure the right asylum decision data is being shared with local authorities to enable effective planning and to lessen the impact on existing homelessness and rough sleeping pressures. We are also utilising Home Office Liaison Officers to replicate part of the Afghan resettlement move on process. We have been working in three local authority areas since December 2023; Glasgow, Brent and Hillingdon. This has now been expanded to Manchester and Liverpool.
Asked by: Lord Bishop of Chelmsford (Bishops - Bishops)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits of staggering evictions of refugees from Home Office accommodation, particularly where the person is working with their local authority or a third sector organisation, to prevent their homelessness.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
The Second Permanent Secretary and I recently met with the Bishop of London to discuss the Government support available to newly recognised refugees moving on from asylum accommodation.
Following the service of an asylum decision, an individual continues to be an asylum seeker for the purpose of asylum support until the end of the relevant prescribed period set out in legislation. This period is 28 calendar days from when an individual is notified of a decision to accept their asylum claim and grant them leave and we have no plans to extend this period. Whilst our legislative power is clear, we do in practice already extend support beyond this. Our current process means that individuals can remain on asylum support for at least 28 days after they have been issued a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP), which means that individuals have longer than 28 days to make arrangements to move on before their asylum support ends. It is important that individuals initiate plans to move on from asylum support as soon as they are served their asylum decision in order to maximise the time they have to make move on arrangements.
We offer move on support to all individuals through Migrant Help or their partner organisation. This includes providing advice on accessing the labour market, on applying for Universal Credit and signposting to local authorities for assistance with housing. Individuals do not need to wait for their BRP to make a claim for benefits and are encouraged to do so as early as possible if they require them.
We continue to identify and make efficiencies in supporting newly recognised refugees during the move on period and to mitigate the risk of homelessness. We are fully committed to working with partners in doing this. We have already worked closely with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) to ensure the right asylum decision data is being shared with local authorities to enable effective planning and to lessen the impact on existing homelessness and rough sleeping pressures. We are also utilising Home Office Liaison Officers to replicate part of the Afghan resettlement move on process. We have been working in three local authority areas since December 2023; Glasgow, Brent and Hillingdon. This has now been expanded to Manchester and Liverpool.
Asked by: Mike Amesbury (Labour - Weaver Vale)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing exit plans from hotel accommodation to give settled residents 56 days notice.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
Since September 2023, all individuals receive a minimum of 28 days’ support (including accommodation) after being issued with a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP). There are no current plans to extend the 28 days prescribed in legislation due to the huge pressures on the asylum system.
We offer move on support to all individuals through Migrant Help or their partner organisation. This includes providing advice on accessing the labour market, on applying for Universal Credit and signposting to local authorities for assistance with housing. Individuals do not need to wait for their BRP to make a claim for benefits and are encouraged to do so as early as possible if they require them.
We work closely with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) to ensure the right asylum decision data is being shared with local authorities to enable effective planning and to lessen the impact on existing homelessness and rough sleeping pressures. Our accommodation providers are directly working with local authorities to notify them when an individual is due to have their asylum support ended. We are working with our partners, including local authorities, to provide timely notification of key events that impact them. We are working with our Strategic Migration Partners (SMPs) to facilitate regional sessions with councils and to share data.
We are also utilising Home Office Liaison Officers (HOLOs) to replicate part of the Afghan resettlement move on process. We have been working in three local authority areas since December 2023; Glasgow, Brent and Hillingdon. This has now been expanded to Manchester and Liverpool.