Guidance

How to appeal a decision by DWP (SSCS1A)

What you need to do to appeal a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) decision about social security benefits.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service
• Published: 1 March 2018
• Last updated: 26 January 2022
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  1. 26 January 2022

     Updated SSCS1A published.

  2. 25 August 2021

     Amended guidance documents to support changes to the SSCS1 appeal form.

  3. 24 November 2020

     Revised SSCS1a guidance, large print and Welsh versions uploaded.

  4. 20 June 2018

     Added revised Welsh version of SSCS1a.

  5. 1 March 2018

     First published.

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Documents

How to appeal against a decision made by the Department for Work and Pensions: SSCS1A

PDF, 292 KB, 29 pages

How to appeal against a decision made by the Department for Work and Pensions: SSCS1A (large print)

PDF, 420 KB, 37 pages

Details

A guide to help you complete these appeal forms:

• Form SSCS1: for social security benefits decisions
• Form SSCS2: for child support/maintenance decisions
• Form SSCS3: for compensation recovery decisions