PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Social Security Benefits: Scotland (8 April 2016)
Question Asked
Asked by:
Ian Murray (Labour)
Answer
The First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) is administered by HM Courts & Tribunals Service. The Tribunal hears appeals against decisions of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) on a range of benefits including employment and support allowance (ESA) and personal independence payment (PIP).
The following table provides information on the number and proportion of ESA and PIP appeals in Scotland where the decision of the DWP was upheld for the four quarters to December 2015 (the latest period for which figures are available).
The number and proportion of Employment Support Allowance and Personal Independence Payment appeals upheld in Scotland | ||||
Quarter | 1 ESA | 2 PIP | ||
3 Number of Decisions Upheld | Percentage of Decisions Upheld | Number of Decisions Upheld | Percentage of Decisions Upheld | |
January –March 2015 | 693 | 43% | 371 | 52% |
April – June 2015 | 754 | 40% | 472 | 50% |
July –September 2015 | 617 | 42% | 772 | 45% |
October – December 2015 | 551 | 44% | 796 | 44% |
Notes | ||||
1 Data include Employment and Support Allowance rolled out from October 2008 and Employment and Support Allowance (Incapacity Benefit Reassessment) rolled out from April 2011. | ||||
2 Data include PIP (New Claims) and PIP (DLA Reassessed). PIP started to replace Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for people aged 16 to 64 from 8 April 2013. | ||||
3 Decision Upheld numbers of cases where the 1st tier decision was upheld. | ||||
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 that are available
Answered by:
Shailesh Vara (Conservative)
13 April 2016
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