Office Of The Social Security & Child Support Commissioners

The Social Security Commissioners and the Child Support Commissioners are appointed by Her Majesty The Queen as specialist judges to determine cases on points of law from appeal tribunals dealing with the social security benefits, child support, maintenance assessments, tax credit, and housing and council tax benefit cases. They also decide appeals relating to compensation recovery cases and cases which have been referred to them under the Forfeiture Act. Their jurisdiction extends over Scotland, England an