Caroline Lucas – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Lucas on 2016-01-28.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time to wait is for a reconsideration of a decision by (a) his Department and (b) a tribunal hearing in (i) Brighton and Hove and (ii) the UK in the latest period for which figures are available.
Justin Tomlinson
The only published statistics in relation to reconsideration clearance times in the UK are in the link below:
Information is not available in relation to Brighton and Hove.
The latest information in relation to clearance times for appeals in the UK is in the link below:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2015 – see Table 4.3
Information for Brighton and Hove is as follows:
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April- September 2015 |
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Brighton |
20 wks |
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UK |
18 wks |
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Source: SSCS Reports September 2016 |
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