Social security appeal tribunal
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The Social Security Appeal Tribunal was a tribunal
in the United Kingdom
which heard appeals from decisions made by the Department for Work and Pensions
, HM Revenue and Customs and local authorities regarding entitlement to various forms of social security benefits.
The Tribunal was abolished in November 2008 and its functions transferred to the First-tier Tribunal
.
Tribunal
A tribunal in the general sense is any person or institution with the authority to judge, adjudicate on, or determine claims or disputes—whether or not it is called a tribunal in its title....
in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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which heard appeals from decisions made by the Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions
The Department for Work and Pensions is the largest government department in the United Kingdom, created on June 8, 2001 from the merger of the employment part of the Department for Education and Employment and the Department of Social Security and headed by the Secretary of State for Work and...
, HM Revenue and Customs and local authorities regarding entitlement to various forms of social security benefits.
The Tribunal was abolished in November 2008 and its functions transferred to the First-tier Tribunal
First-tier Tribunal
The First-tier Tribunal is part of the administrative justice system of the United Kingdom. It was created in 2008 as part of a programme, set out in the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, to rationalise the tribunal system, and has since taken on the functions of twenty previously...
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