PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Personal Independence Payment: Appeals (4 June 2018)

There is no report which accurately captures the average time taken from receipt to hearing.

Data is available for the average time for an appeal to be cleared. However, the average time for an appeal to be cleared includes (amongst other things) those cleared both after an initial hearing and those cleared after an initial hearing was adjourned. It also includes those cleared without any hearing as cases can be disposed of on the papers, withdrawn by the appellant, or lapsed by the Department for Work and Pensions.

There are no waiting times recorded for delivery of judgments as, wherever possible and in most cases, the tribunal gives its decision on the day of the hearing. However, there may be very few circumstances when that is not possible. The tribunal may, for example, need more time to consider the issues; or there maybe particular circumstances which cause the tribunal to consider providing a decision on the day inappropriate. In those cases, the decision will be sent out to the parties as soon as practicable after the hearing.