Managing Appeals
The Control of Housing Benefit Internal Reviews by Local Authority Officers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14564758 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tony Eardley, Roy Sainsbury |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 461-485 |
| Publication date | 1993-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2794 • E-ISSN: 1469-7823 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0047279400021000 |
| OpenAlex | W2129725592 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 18 |
Studies of appeals in social security have tended to focus on the structure and performance of tribunals and other appeal bodies. Housing benefit differs from most other social security benefits in having a mandatory ‘internal review’ by officers before a disputed decision can be heard by the review board. The article draws on an evaluation of the housing benefit review system and shows how its two-tier structure has allowed wide variations in practice to develop among local authorities, such that officers can effectively control or manage claimants' access to the formal appeal hearing. We conclude that the existing structure obscures rather than enhances claimants' appeal rights in this area and discuss the possibilities for change
Appeal · Business · Control (management) · Economics · Management · Political science · Public relations · Social security · Homelessness and Social Issues · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Legal principles and applications
The anti-discretion movement in britain
Sociology and social policy
Poverty, Ideology and Legality
Costs and Benefits
Income maintenance and local government
Appeals Tribunals on Supplementary Benefits
Housing Benefit
The Exercise of Discretion in the National Assistance Board
Welfare “Rights”, Law and Discretion
The Social Fund—cash‐limiting Social Security
Tribunals and Informal Justice
Housing Benefit
Sociology and Social Policy
The Sociology of Public Administration
The 'Deserving' and the 'Undeserving
The Implementation of Housing Benefit
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |