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Post by nickd on Nov 14, 2012 8:28:50 GMT 1
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Post by nickd on Nov 22, 2012 0:06:59 GMT 1
'We have no targets'
Says Mr Hoban Target 1 - - incapacity benefits
To reduce claims from 1,535,380 November 2011 to zero by 2014/15
Nov-2011 -- 1,535,380
Projections
2012/13 -- 887,000 2013/14 -- 275,000 2014/15 -- 000,000 2015/16 -- 000,000 2016/17 -- 000,000
Target 2 - Employment & Support Allowance
To allow a take up from 857,890 in November 2011 to 2,106,00 by 2016/2017
Nov-2011 -- 857,890
Projections
2012/13 -- 1,376,000 2013/14 -- 1,827,000 2014/15 -- 2,140,000 2015/16 -- 2,121,000 2016/17 -- 2,106,000
Target 3 - Severe Disablement Allowance
To reduce claims from 219,250 in November 2011 to 44,000 by 2017/2017.
Nov 2011 --219,250
Projections
2012/13 --232,000 2013/14 --213,000 2014/15 --56,000 2015/16 --47,000 2016/17 --44,000
Target 4 - Overall incapacity benefit claimant count
To reduce from 2,393,270 to 2,106,000 by 2016/17
Nov-2011 -- 2,393,270
Projections
2012/13 -- 2,263,000 2013/14 -- 2,102,000 2014/15 -- 2,140,000 2015/16 -- 2,121,000 2016/17 -- 2,106,000
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Post by nickd on Jan 19, 2013 23:41:49 GMT 1
Can the Tribunals Cope
Have they realistically got the time?
Despite the fact that the Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has taken on additional panel members and now sit on may more 'judicial sitting days' than they did before this mammoth reassessment programme the question I would ask is can the Tribunals cope.
The reason why I question this is to do with the average timings I am seeing for appeals which I attend or where I prepare the client for the case and they attend on their own but with the benefit of all the documentation prepared.
Typically the listings for appeals go something like this in an average day:
9:00 Start
9:30 -- 10.10 First case
10:20 - 11.00 Second case
11:10 - 11:50 Third case
12:00 - 12:40 Fourth case
Lunch - break (12:50 - 1:30)
1:30 - 2:10 Fifth Seventh case
2:20 - 3:00 Seventh case
3:10 - 3:50 Eighth case
4:00 - 4:40 Ninth case
5:00 Finish
I've checked the lists and broadly speaking they tally with the above timings. It's not uncommon for my own organisation to have four or five of these in the Tribunal list for one day. I can also see from the letters we receive from the Tribunal what time the hearings are listed for.
These timings represent a maximum efficiency and assume the first hearing starts at 9.30 and the ends by just before 5.00. This is often not possible because the Court house where the Tribunals are heard in Torquay officially closes at 4.00. They also assume the Tribunal runs on time; the timings are based on 40 minutes per case with 10 minutes deliberation time.
My own experience is that Tribunals and sometimes because documentation from us is handed in late rarely run on time. There are
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Post by nickd on Jan 21, 2013 22:16:15 GMT 1
Have moved remaining posts on this thread to members questions area :-)
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Post by nickd on Feb 6, 2013 21:38:08 GMT 1
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Post by predators on Oct 21, 2013 3:42:04 GMT 1
It's v ery intere sting. th anks for sh aring the st ory with us. You are d oing good to the legal comm unity. _____________________________________________ Signature www.chinalawblog.org
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