Statistical notice: Further breakdown of SSCS tribunals
Source: data.gov.uk (2018-05-25)

Tribunals and Gender Recognition Statistics. The bulletin presents the latest statistics on type and volume of tribunal cases received, disposed of and outstanding and the number of Gender Recognition Certificates applied for and granted.  

The bulletin focuses on information on receipts (i.e. cases received by HMCTS), the outcome of cases by category (e.g. cases disposed of at hearing) and the caseload outstanding (snapshot of live cases at a specific point in time) for the three largest tribunals: Employment, Immigration and Asylum, and Social Security and Child Support. Additional data are available on timeliness, jurisdiction, Employment Tribunal fees, smaller tribunals, Employment Appeal Tribunal and regional receipts for the Employment Tribunal (management information). 

Annual data are published as follows:
* Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal annual statistics are published in September; these include information on representation of claimants, compensation and costs awarded in the Employment Tribunal for the financial year.
* Data from the Special Educational Needs and Disability tribunals covering the academic year are published in December. Further breakdowns include information on the number of appeals registered by type and nature of special education need, and outcomes.
* The number of adjournments and postponements by jurisdiction are published annually in June, along with the number of judicial salaried and fee-paid sittings by jurisdiction.

In addition to monitoring tribunal workloads and timeliness, they are used to assist in the development, monitoring and evaluation of tribunal related policy in collaboration with other Government departments, e.g. DWP, BEIS and Home Office.

Statistical Notice 
Further breakdown of Social Security 
and Child Benefit Tribunal Appeals, 
2016 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9 March 2016 
 
 

Background 
 
This ad-hoc statistical notice presents further breakdowns of already published 
information on the Social Security and Child Benefit (SSCS) Tribunals. The reason 
for this ad-hoc notice is so the data can be used by Secretary of State for the 
Department for Work and Pensions, in discussions with the Scottish Government.   
Further details on SSCS tribunals can be found in the Tribunals and Gender 
Recognition Certificate Statistics Quarterly, England and Wales, published alongside 
this statistical notice:  
www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-
statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2016 
 
Users should refer to the Tribunals and Gender Recognition Certificate Statistics 
Quarterly Bulletin and accompanying Guide (also available at the link above) for 
definitions of the terms used in this statistical notice.  
Table 1 in this statistical notice provides information on the number of SSCS tribunal 
appeals in Scotland for the year 2016, broken down by quarter of the year and 
outcome of the appeal. 
 
 
 

 
Table 1: Number of Personal Independence Payment Tribunal appeals in Scotland, by quarter, 20165 
 Receipts2
Disposals3
Cleared at 
hearing
Cleared without 
a hearing
Decision 
upheld4
Total number of PIP Appeals in 20161
10,510
9,107
7,844
1,263
3,441
   January- March 2016
2,028
2,420
2,127
293
921
   April- June 2016
2,176
2,142
1,874
268
881
   July- September 2016
2,712
2,049
1,698
351
744
   October 2016- December 2016
3,594
2,496
2,145
351
895
 
1. Data includes PIP (New Claims) and PIP (DLA Reassessed). PIP started to replace Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for people aged 16 to 64 from 8 April 2013. 
2. Receipts -Appeals received and attributed to a venue, normally the venue nearest the appellants home address. 
3 Disposals denotes the total number of Appeals disposed of and is inclusive of both those cleared at hearing and those cleared without the need of a tribunal hearing.  
4. Decision Upheld numbers of cases where the 1st tier decision was upheld. 
5. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and is the best 
data that is available. 
 
 

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