Written questions

Disability Living Allowance: Appeals

Commons · Question 68885 · Tabled 17 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 24 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Disability Living Allowance Tribunal hearings her Department sent a presenting officer to in the last year.

Answer

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 24 Jul 2025

Corrected 8 Aug 2025 by Sir Stephen Timms

The information requested on the proportion of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) Tribunal hearings the Department sent a presenting officer to is not readily available within the Department. However, we estimate that 47% of DLA Tribunal hearings had a pr...