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answer text: Information about the outcomes of appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics SSCS appeals are listed into the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. The published data (which can be viewed at the link above) provide information about the outcomes of (i) Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and (ii) Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) appeals for hearing venues covering (a) Glasgow South West (b) Glasgow (c) Scotland and (d) Great Britain for the period July – September 2019, the latest period for which data are available. They also provide information about the outcomes for (iii) Income Support (IS). (iv) Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) and (v) Tax Credits (TC) for (d) Great Britain The tables below contain the requested information for (iii) IS, (iv) JSA and (v) TC for Glasgow and Scotland: Proportion1 of appeals decided in favour of the appellant in the latest period for which figures are available (July – September 2019) IS JSA TC2 Glasgow South West and Glasgow3 ~ 17% 33% Scotland 21% 27% 31% 1 Proportion of decisions in favour, based on the number of appeals found in favour of the appellant as a % of the cases cleared at tribunal hearing. 2 TC includes Working Family Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, and Working Tax Credit. 3 SSCS appeals for Glasgow South West constituents are heard in the Glasgow venue but this venue also hears appeals from other Glasgow constituencies. It is not possible to provide constituency-specific data. ~ Equates to a value of five or fewer Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data that are available.
answer given date: 2020-01-13+00:00
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