Justice written question – answered at on 27 June 2011.
Ian Lucas
Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills)
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many appeals against decisions on applications for (a) Disability Living Allowance and (b) employment and support allowance there have been in each of the last three years.
Jonathan Djanogly
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice
The following table shows the number of appeals received at Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) against decisions on applications for Disability Living Allowance and employment and support allowance in each of the last three years.
| Appeals received | ||
| Disability living allowance | Employment and support allowance | |
| 2008-09 | 70,200 | (1)1,300 |
| 2009-10 | 71,700 | 126,800 |
| 2010-11 | 79,500 | 197,400 |
| (1) Employment and support allowance (ESA) was introduced in October 2008 and replaced incapacity benefit (IB). The first appeals against ESA decisions were not received until January 2009 and this is reflected in the figure above. | ||
In response, HMCTS has significantly increased its capacity and published management information shows that 38% more social security and child support appeals were cleared nationally in April 2011 compared to April 2010 (65% more when compared with April 2009). Further capacity increases are in hand.
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Allowance for those who need help looking after themselves. Not means tested.
Factsheet from RNID here: http://www.rnid.org.uk/html/factsheets/benefits_disability_allowance_and_deaf_people.htm
Official page from Department for Work and Pensions here: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/lifeevent/benefits/disability_liv_allowance.asp
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