ESA appeals success rate falls

The data includes appeals made between June 2010 and August 2010, the latest quarter for which figures are available. During this period less than a third (32%) of appeals against decisions not to award ESA were successful. This is in contrast to, but continues the trend of, the previous quarter (March to May 2010) where 35% of claimants succeeded and the overall figure of 38% since the benefit was installed in October 2008. When combined with the 5,000 fewer people being found eligible for ESA at first application it highlights the government's stricter entitlement rules for state...