About us


We’re responsible for handling appeals against decisions relating to:

  • Attendance Allowance
  • Bereavement Allowance
  • Carer’s Allowance
  • Child Benefit
  • child maintenance (child support)
  • Compensation Recovery Scheme (including NHS recovery claims)
  • Diffuse Mesotheliomia Payment Scheme
  • Disability Living Allowance
  • Employment Support Allowance
  • funeral payments
  • Guardian’s Allowance
  • Income Support
  • Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
  • Jobseeker’s Allowance
  • Maternity Allowance
  • Pension Credit
  • Personal Independence Payment
  • Sure Start Maternity Grant
  • tax credits
  • Universal Credit
  • Vaccine Damage Payment
  • Winter Fuel Payment

Who we are

We are part of the Social Entitlement Chamber, one of 7 chambers of the First-tier Tribunal which settles legal disputes and is structured around particular areas of law.

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