{"value":{"id":1922331,"askingMemberId":5062,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2026-06-30T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2026-07-02T00:00:00","uin":"14491","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total operational expenditure directly attributable to the First-tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) was in each financial year from 2021-22 to the most recent financial year for which outturn figures are held.","answeringBodyId":54,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Justice","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":5204,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2026-07-08T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>HM Courts and Tribunals Services’ operational expenditure in each of the relevant tribunals over the last five financial years is as below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Chamber</p></td><td><p>First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber)</p></td><td><p>Employment Tribunal</p></td><td><p>First-tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber)</p></td><td><p>First-tier Tribunal (War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber)</p></td><td><p>Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>73,792</p></td><td><p>65,204</p></td><td><p>45,744</p></td><td><p>2,937</p></td><td><p>11,770</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>71,532</p></td><td><p>68,186</p></td><td><p>49,835</p></td><td><p>2,864</p></td><td><p>11,641</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023-24</p></td><td><p>72,345</p></td><td><p>73,603</p></td><td><p>55,620</p></td><td><p>2,617</p></td><td><p>13,107</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024-25</p></td><td><p>78,327</p></td><td><p>80,774</p></td><td><p>65,761</p></td><td><p>2,598</p></td><td><p>16,734</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2025-26</p></td><td><p>81,791</p></td><td><p>83,210</p></td><td><p>73,455</p></td><td><p>2,671</p></td><td><p>16,348</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Figures are in £m and reflect direct operational spend in each tribunal, including staff, judicial, and relevant other costs. They do not include estates or digital overheads.</p><p>The figures for the Employment Tribunal include expenditure relating to the Employment Appeal Tribunal.</p><p>Figures for 2025-26 are provisional pending the final publication of HMCTS’ Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year and may be subject to change.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Health Services and Social Services: Appeals","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1922331","method":"GET"}]}