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Social Security Benefits: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the longest wait has been for a tribunal date to be set to appeal decisions made by the Department for Work and Pensions.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
24 Feb 2026
Target answer date
26 Feb 2026
Answer
5 Mar 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the longest wait has been for a tribunal date to be set to appeal decisions made by the Department for Work and Pensions.

  2. 26 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The information requested is not held centrally. Waiting times are calculated from receipt of the appeal to the final disposal decision. The final outcome of any appeal is not necessarily achieved at its first listed hearing so we are unable to extract da...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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