Justice written question – answered at on 16 April 2012.
Stephen Timms
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost to the public purse has been of additional funding for tribunal services in order to deal with the backlog of appeals against employment and support allowance decisions.
Jonathan Djanogly
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice
Appeals against Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) decisions on entitlement to employment and support allowance are heard by Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS).
DWP funds the cost of increased volumes of appeals following welfare reform changes, above an agreed baseline. HMCTS received £1.3 million of additional funding in 2008-09, £9 million in 2009-10, £20.9 million in 2010-11 and £26.3 million for 2011-12 to deal with the increased volume of ESA appeals.
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