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Disparities of appeal wait times across the country
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Hi everyone,
As in my previous posts I got my enhanced DL & standard mob at MR. I emailed my MP to tell him I logged my appeal for enhanced mob and asked what the wait times were. He said they currently stand at 18 months!!! I assume this is currently getting longer by the day due to the pandemic.
I knew appeal times were long but I didn't know they were this bad. My heart breaks for people who are still on 0 points and not getting anything having to wait that long 

Are wait times different across different regions of the country? I assume London & South East is the worst as it's so densely populated (where I am). Or is this common across the country.
There is a strong possibly I'll be moved to another part of the country in the next 6 months - would my appeal be moved to another region or still where I am now?
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I have read on here alot of people have had tribunals alot quicker. Covid19 has really mad it worse.
If you mover area you would have to inform the court of the move and this could result in a longer wait as they may put you to the bottom of the pile so to speak
I hope yuou get a hearing soon
Many people off sick. I have a representative from CAB who has told me this.
1 - some cases will always need an oral hearing.
2 - literally thousands of cases have been cleared on the papers so the delay continues to fall.
People aren’t going to come on here and complain their appeal was heard quickly,
The plural of anecdote is not evidence.
But I would have to say that @mikehughescq does his best to impart the knowledge he has in a positive way.
1 - telephony staff being much reduced in numbers during the pandemic. Some people trying to order a claim pack had to queue for up to 2 hours and so gave up.
2 - there has, as the posts on this forum amply demonstrate, been much misinformation about what is and isn’t being processed during lockdown so some people have wrongly assumed there was no point in claiming at present.
3 - a number of people who might have been eligible to claim have died or been hospitalised because of Covid-19.
4 - whilst advisers are responsible for a small number of the many claims which are submitted many people want help with firm completion and either assume it isn’t available at present or live in a location where perhaps an advice service has been unable to convert to a telephone/email based service.
This forum gives you the tools to ignore my posts. You’ve been advised of that previously but presumably chosen to ignore it. If I see a question I think I can contribute to I will continue to do so.
- accuse me of “spreading negativity”
- call me an “internet troll”
- accuse me of working for Capita
- assert that I don’t even “suffer from a disability”.
On that basis I have reported your post and asked that the thread is closed.
Anecdotally though, we are seeing more cases come through that measure up with the statistics @mikehughescq has linked to and it would seem that wait times for tribunals are falling. Interestingly, the average wait time for an MR decision has increased though.
Fingers crossed you won't be waiting anywhere near the 18 months cited by your MP.
I understand you're unhappy with @mikehughescq responding to your posts and I would suggest the best option there would be to place him on ignore. However, I would also remind you of the community guidelines. While we welcome open discussion, conversations should remain civil and criticisms should be focused on the content of the post, rather than the poster.
Since this discussion seems to have served its purpose, I'll be closing it.
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