Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the average waiting time is for mandatory reconsideration decisions to be processed for claimants of Employment and Support Allowance in the most recent year for which data is available in (a) the UK, (b) Greater London and (c) the London Borough of Newham.

This information is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

The latest available information on Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) mandatory reconsiderations clearance times in Great Britain can be found in Table 16 of the ESA Outcomes of Work Capability Assessments quarterly statistics published here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-and-support-allowance-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessment