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Disability Payment appeals held at Wallace House, Stirling: FOI release

Published
2025-09-18
Received
2025-05-22
Responded
2025-06-11
Directorate
Topic
Money and tax, Public sector
Exemptions
17(1)

Information requested

Request for information 1:

The number of Adult Disability Payment, Child Disability Payment and Pension Age Disability Payment appeals heard in Wallace House, Stirling, in the last 12 months.

Request for information 2:

The percentage of those where the client was unrepresented by a CAB/Welfare Rights organisation or similar.

Response

Request for information 1:

The table below shows the number of appeals held in Wallace House, Stirling, in the last 12 months.

Adult Disability Payment Child Disability Payment Pension Age Disability Payment 30 0 0

Requests for information 2:

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance Social Security Scotland does not have the information you have requested. This is because Social Security Scotland do not have to be notified as to any representative.

Any party in the appeal can be represented by another person but should communicate the details of the representative to the Tribunal prior to the hearing (The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Social Security Chamber (Rules of Procedure) 2018, rule 9(1)).

Details of how an individual can be represented at an appeal are publicised on the Social Security Scotland website and can be found here:

Social Security Scotland - Representatives and supporters

You may wish to contact the Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service as they may hold this information. Details on how to do that can be found on their website: Contact us | Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service

This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that Social Security Scotland does not have the information you have requested.

About FOI

The Scottish Government is committed to publishing all information released in response to Freedom of Information requests. View all FOI responses at https://www.gov.scot/foi-responses.

Contact Please quote the FOI reference Central Correspondence Unit Email: contactus@gov.scot Phone: 0300 244 4000 The Scottish Government St Andrew's House Regent Road Edinburgh EH1 3DG

Detected exemption language

Details on how to do that can be found on their website: Contact us | Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that Social Security Scotland does not have the information you have requested.

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