Oral Question·Department for Work and Pensions
“What estimate his Department has made of the number and proportion of unsuccessful benefit decisions that were overturned on appeal in the last 12 months.”
Tabled: 29 August 2023Answered: 4 September 2023
Asked by
Kerry McCarthy
Labour — Bristol East
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Answer from Hansard
The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rachel Reeves)
I thank my hon. Friend for her question. She is a proud supporter of everything in the Congleton constituency. This Government are committed to regional growth, with growth in all parts of the United Kingdom. That is why the Treasury has reformed the Green Book, looking at the value for money of different projects. It is also why, in Cheshire East, where my hon. Friend’s constituency is, we have put £47 million into local transport grant funding.