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Social Security Benefits: Appeals

Asked by Mr Will ForsterLiberal DemocratMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 5 March 2026UIN 115706

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average wait is for a tribunal date to be set to appeal decisions made by the Department for Work and Pensions.

Answered by Sarah Sackman

The information requested is not held centrally.

Waiting times are calculated from receipt of the appeal to the final disposal decision. The final outcome of any appeal is not necessarily achieved at its first listed hearing so we are unable to extract data about waiting times for tribunal hearing dates.

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