New statistics have shown a positive trend for benefit claimants facing tribunals
New statistics suggest that benefit claimants are less often having to take appeals with the DWP to tribunals. The Department for Work and Pensions is now more often backing down before a hearing.
Meanwhile, the number of appeals lodged by claimants dropped by 8 per cent compared to the same period last year, with a total of 32,000 appeals being made. PIP appeals now account for 64 per cent of all appeal cases, while Universal Credit accounts for 21 per cent, the Benefits and Work website reports.
This suggests that the DWP is resolving more appeals before they reach the hearing stage. That theory is further supported by the drop in successful appeals from 63 per cent last year to 60 per cent this year, suggesting that the DWP may be choosing to contest cases where it has a better chance of winning.On average, it now takes an average of 35 weeks for an appeal case to reach tribunal from the date the claimant logged it. This is an increase of eight weeks during the same period last year.
In further PIP news, recipients in one area of Britain are now seeing a significant change to how it operates. In Scotland, the devolved benefits agency has taken control of more than 200,000 cases of disabled people from the UK Government.
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