Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Justice – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 13 November 2012.
Sheila Gilmore
Labour, Edinburgh East
11:30,
13 November 2012
At the weekend, I spoke to a constituent who was making her second appeal in a year. She was told that there would not be a decision for four months, although the number of tribunal members appointed in Scotland has doubled in the last year. Does her experience not illustrate the huge importance of ensuring that proper reasons for decisions are given to DWP decision-makers, so that the decisions are right in the first place? That would be better than the provision of a drop-down menu or a very limited selection of reasons.