| Heading: |
Social Security and Child Support Tribunal |
| Question ID: |
1804743 |
| UIN: |
HL7668 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-20 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4988 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Kempsell
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Kempsell
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what are the most common reasons for a presenting officer not to be sent to Social Security and Child Support Tribunal hearings by the Department for Work and Pensions. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-04 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4147 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Sherlock
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| Answering Member handle: |
MaeveSherlock
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@MaeveSherlock
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Correcting Member display name: |
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| Answer text: |
Staffing levels mean it is not possible to send a Presenting Officer to every hearing. We prioritise attendance at tribunals where HM Courts and Tribunals Service have specifically directed a Presenting Officer to attend. |
| Original answer text: |
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| Comparable answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |