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Tribunal Statistics Quarterly: January to March 2026
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United Kingdom government statistics on tribunal cases, including how often benefit decisions taken to appeal are changed in the claimant's favour.
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“Benefit refusals and low awards are sometimes changed in the claimant's favour when they are challenged.”
Official government statistics for one country's benefit appeal tribunal. In 2025 to 2026, most appeals that reached a hearing ended with the original decision changed in the claimant's favour. It counts only cases that got as far as a hearing, so it does not say how likely any individual claim is to be overturned.
Of the 101,000 disposals in 2025/26 63% were cleared at a hearing and of these, 59% had the initial decision revised in favour of the claimant (compared to 61% and 60% in the same period in 2024/25 respectively).
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