Social Security Benefits: Appeals

Ministry of Justice written question – answered at on 30 April 2024.

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Photo of Angela Eagle Angela Eagle Labour, Wallasey

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals for all types of benefit case (a) are awaiting a hearing and (b) were awaiting a hearing on 22 April 2010 (i) nationally, (ii) by region, (iii) by Tribunal Office and (iv) by hearing venue.

Photo of Mike Freer Mike Freer Assistant Whip, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice

The table below sets out the number of appeals for all types of benefit awaiting a hearing (i) nationally, (ii) by region, and (iv) by hearing venue as at end of December 2023 (the latest period for which data are available). There is no separate data collated at (iii) Tribunal office level.

Data for 22 April 2010 could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

All SSCS Benefits at December 231

Region / Venue

Total Open Caseload

Ready To List

Listed For Hearing

London

11785

6166

1401

Bexleyheath

6

3

0

East London

2715

1443

349

Enfield

46

20

4

Fox Court

5765

2996

670

Hatton Cross

436

170

96

Romford

844

516

112

Sutton

1973

1018

170

Midlands

14569

7979

2084

Birmingham

3275

1668

603

Boston

299

196

33

Chesterfield

649

359

84

Coventry

1146

725

102

Derby

1047

618

142

Hereford

162

81

25

Kidderminster

193

93

37

Leicester

1305

700

160

Lincoln

693

422

71

Northampton

736

476

87

Nottingham

1666

906

256

Nuneaton

123

72

13

Shrewsbury

518

283

67

Stoke

681

379

78

Walsall

493

226

86

Wellingborough

280

169

31

Wolverhampton

1058

462

180

Worcester

245

144

29

North East (Leeds)

6382

2903

1205

Barnsley

314

126

67

Bradford

1055

542

178

Doncaster

448

191

75

Grimsby

300

138

57

Huddersfield

36

11

8

Hull

615

327

97

Leeds

957

341

193

Scarborough

241

111

53

Sheffield

1182

554

214

Wakefield

982

473

187

York

252

89

76

North East (Newcastle)

4775

2480

807

Bedlington

234

95

65

Berwick

20

9

4

Darlington

502

251

77

Durham

425

212

95

Gateshead

116

49

32

Newcastle

751

284

176

North Shields

208

56

63

South Shields

361

176

72

Sunderland

792

488

80

Teesside

1366

860

143

North West

10686

5704

1635

Barrow

108

65

12

Birkenhead

440

264

57

Blackburn

401

225

69

Blackpool

545

238

105

Bolton

613

303

108

Burnley

374

200

46

Bury

1

0

0

Carlisle

254

125

42

Chester

627

358

81

Lancaster

157

94

7

Liverpool

1640

778

234

Manchester

2159

1258

331

Preston

317

143

70

Rochdale

636

279

127

Runcorn

1

0

0

St Helens

676

373

99

Stockport

977

581

129

Wigan

581

327

82

Workington

179

93

36

Scotland

1557

411

508

Aberdeen

89

24

27

Ayr

101

20

40

Campbeltown Centre

2

0

0

Dumfries (Cairndale)

26

2

13

Dundee

88

18

22

Dunfermline

27

7

6

Edinburgh

315

92

114

Galashiels

28

9

8

Glasgow

489

143

155

Greenock

46

10

15

Hamilton

130

26

34

Inverness

63

9

24

Kilmarnock

7

2

2

Kirkcaldy

59

22

19

Kirkwall

1

0

1

Lerwick

3

0

1

Lewis

3

0

2

Oban

6

2

3

Stirling

65

22

19

Stranraer

4

2

1

Wick

5

1

2

South East

12225

7369

1200

Ashford

930

533

102

Basildon

399

200

75

Bedford

365

243

33

Brighton

1250

733

109

Cambridge

456

244

61

Chatham

616

434

60

Chelmsford

700

434

64

Eastbourne

135

88

11

Hastings

317

221

23

High Wycombe

509

291

55

Ipswich

619

409

37

Kings Lynn

269

136

33

Luton

605

365

46

Margate

322

197

29

Milton Keynes

309

172

38

Norwich

990

657

87

Oxford

551

351

58

Peterborough

467

243

56

Reading

593

352

53

Southend

220

109

42

Stevenage

239

137

19

Watford

1364

820

109

South West

9782

5401

823

Unallocated 2

247

156

18

Aldershot

555

309

52

Barnstaple

122

60

9

Bournemouth

12

0

1

Bristol

1922

1090

163

Exeter

385

132

55

Gloucester

715

421

54

Havant

1058

684

63

Newport IOW

319

225

20

Newton Abbot

383

190

37

Plymouth

623

303

62

Poole

801

417

67

Salisbury

73

20

12

Southampton

982

594

58

Swindon

532

322

35

Taunton

410

215

32

Truro

435

156

69

Weymouth and Dorchester

2

0

0

Worle

206

107

16

Wales

6471

3470

675

Aberystwyth

82

41

10

Caernarfon

179

64

26

Cardiff

2668

1455

310

Carmarthen

107

36

20

Haverfordwest

153

68

20

Langstone, Newport

1181

703

91

Llandrindod Wells

37

21

8

Llanelli

2

0

0

Llangefni

284

180

25

Port Talbot

531

232

45

Prestatyn

411

247

31

Swansea

317

140

34

Welshpool

81

46

14

Wrexham

438

237

41

SSCS Regional Centre Not Known

29

4

2

Grand Total

78261

41887

10340

From April 2023 the SSCS Tribunal started to list cases using a new Scheduling and Listing solution. This, alongside HMCTS migrating to a new Strategic Data Platform, has resulted in some cases heard and decided using this new listing solution not currently being included in the data above.

1. Data pulled 24/4/2024

2. Unallocated relates to appeals that have not yet been allocated to a venue.

Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that the data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when data are used.

Management information reflects the data held on the case management system, which is subject to change, and can differ from the quality-assured MOJ official statistics, which form the agreed definitive position.

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