A question on #SocialSecurityBenefits #Appeals tabled by Jess Brown-Fuller on 24-06-2025 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms.

Heading: Social Security Benefits: Appeals
Question ID: 1816094
UIN: 62491
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-24
Asking Member ID: 5335
Asking Member display name: Jess Brown-Fuller
Asking Member handle: JessBrownFuller
Asking Member Twitter reference: @JessBrownFuller
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of appeal Tribunals in relation to (a) PIP, (b) DLA and (c) ESA has the Department not contested in the last 12 months.
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Date answered: 2025-07-02
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 163
Answering Member display name: Sir Stephen Timms
Answering Member handle: stephenctimms
Answering Member Twitter reference: @stephenctimms
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Answer text: DWP does not contest appeals. Claimants have a legal right to dispute decisions made by the Secretary of State in relation to aspects of their Social Security entitlement. They do so by lodging appeals against those decisions with His Majesty’s Courts and...
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Answering body ID: 29
Answering body name: Department for Work and Pensions
Tweeted: true