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Social Entitlement Chamber

Answer

The Social Entitlement Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal contains three jurisdictions which each have differing types of work load, panel composition and lengths of tribunal hearing. Therefore, HMCTS does not currently utilise or calculate financial information for planning or reporting at Chamber level and an overall average cost of a hearing of the Social Entitlement Chamber is not available. However, the average cost in 2010-11 of an appeal in each of the jurisdictions within the Social Entitlement Chamber is shown in the following table.

	£
Social Security and Child Support	239
Asylum Support	389
Criminal Injuries Compensation	1,077

The average cost of a criminal injuries compensation (CIC) appeal is significantly higher than in the other jurisdictions because the panel in this jurisdiction always consists of three members whereas in other jurisdictions, the number of members can vary between one and three depending on the type of appeal being heard. The hearings in CIC can also last longer than in other jurisdictions, partly due to there being witnesses in most cases.These costs are averages and any individual case could therefore cost significantly more or less than the figures quoted.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

90721; 539 c92-3W

Session

2010-12

Subjects

Social Entitlement Chamber

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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