Question follow-through · 115401

Social Security Benefits: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the component costs are to facilitate a social security appeal hearing.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
24 Feb 2026
Target answer date
26 Feb 2026
Answer
4 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the component costs are to facilitate a social security appeal hearing.

  2. 26 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The information is not centrally recorded and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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