Tribunals and gender recognition certificate statistics quarterly: July to September 2016.
60 per cent of social security appeals were overturned in favour of the claimant in the quarter to September 2016.
During July to September 2016, 52,311 appeals against decisions were received - up 47 per cent compared with the same period in 2015.
Of these 44 per cent were personal independence payment (PIP) appeals and 39 per cent were employment and support allowance (ESA) appeals.
The figures also show that 39,469 Social Security and Child Support appeals were cleared at a hearing during the quarter with 60 per cent overturned (revised in the favour of the claimant).
Broken down by benefit type –
- 65 per cent of PIP cases were overturned;
- 62 per cent of ESA were overturned;
- 59 per cent of disability living allowance cases were overturned;
- 43 per cent of jobseeker's allowance cases were overturned; and
- 24 per cent of housing benefit cases were overturned.