Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions: Appeals
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the operational expenditure attributable to the First-tier Tribunal (War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber) was in each financial year from 2021-22 to the most recent financial year for which outturn figures are held.
Answered by Sarah Sackman
HM Courts and Tribunals Services’ operational expenditure in each of the relevant tribunals over the last five financial years is as below:
Chamber | First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) | Employment Tribunal | First-tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) | First-tier Tribunal (War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber) | Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) |
2021-22 | 73,792 | 65,204 | 45,744 | 2,937 | 11,770 |
2022-23 | 71,532 | 68,186 | 49,835 | 2,864 | 11,641 |
2023-24 | 72,345 | 73,603 | 55,620 | 2,617 | 13,107 |
2024-25 | 78,327 | 80,774 | 65,761 | 2,598 | 16,734 |
2025-26 | 81,791 | 83,210 | 73,455 | 2,671 | 16,348 |
Figures are in £m and reflect direct operational spend in each tribunal, including staff, judicial, and relevant other costs. They do not include estates or digital overheads.
The figures for the Employment Tribunal include expenditure relating to the Employment Appeal Tribunal.
Figures for 2025-26 are provisional pending the final publication of HMCTS’ Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year and may be subject to change.
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