PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Social Security and Child Support Tribunal: Costs (5 September 2022)

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total cost to (a) his Department and (b) HM Courts & Tribunal Service was of administering appeals in the Social Security and Child Support Tribunal in each year since 2012-13 for (i) all cases, (ii) Work Capability Assessment cases and (iii) Personal Independent Payment decision cases.

Asked by:
Marsha De Cordova (Labour)

With respect to part (a) of the question, it is confirmed that the costs of administering appeals in the Social Security and Child Support Tribunal are recorded by HM Courts & Tribunals Service and not by the Ministry of Justice as a department.

With respect to part (b) of the question, the total cost to HM Courts & Tribunal Service of administering appeals in the Social Security and Child Support Tribunal in each year since 2012-13 for (a) all cases was:

HM Courts & Tribunals Service	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22
Social Security & Child Support Tribunal	139,720,428	87,357,366	92,554,070	105,776,214	121,482,762	117,804,233	121,771,734	104,792,533	100,057,460

The total cost to HM Courts & Tribunal Service of administering appeals in the Social Security and Child Support Tribunal in each year since 2012-13 specifically for (b) Work Capability Assessment cases and (c) Personal Independent Payment decision cases is not held at the requested level of granularity.

Answered by:
Rachel Maclean (Conservative)
20 September 2022