Employment and Support Allowance: Support for Mortgage Interest

(asked on 20th November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the (a) Support Group and (b) working group of employment support allowance claim Support Mortgage Interest.


Answered by
Caroline Dinenage Portrait
Caroline Dinenage
This question was answered on 27th November 2017

Estimates of ESA claimants in receipt of SMI, by conditionality group, are as follows:

ESA Conditionality Group

Caseload

Assessment Phase

3,000

Work Related Activity Group

9,000

Support Group

38,000

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