Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 21325

Social Security Benefits: Appeals

Tabled: 19 December 2024

Answered: 8 January 2025

Named Day

Question

Richard Burgon

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2024 to Question 19366 on Social Security Benefits: Appeals, when she plans that waiting times for mandatory reconsideration processes will be back to December 2023

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms

Mandatory Reconsideration clearances can fluctuate for many reasons, but we expect to recover the current backlog of cases by March 2025. The role of a Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) decision maker is to make a robust decision, supported by the law and av...

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