Employment and Support Allowance
(asked on 25th February 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total value was of contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance payments made to people resident in (a) Scotland and (b) the rest of the UK in each year since 2000.
The available information is partially detailed in the table below.
£millions |
| 2008/09 | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 |
ESA (contributory & IB) | GB | 127 | 1,267 | 2,232 | 3,554 | 6,780 | 10,437 | 12,827 | 14,272 | 14,830 | 15,353 | 15,098 | 13,851 | 13,382 |
ESA (contributory & IB) | Sco | 14 | 130 | 224 | 381 | 753 | 1,210 | 1,433 | 1,583 | 1,664 | 1,732 | 1,726 | 1,603 | 1,556 |
ESA (contributory) | GB | 64 | 581 | 955 | 1,399 | 2,305 | 3,539 | 4,101 | 4,457 | 4,687 | 4,711 | 4,563 | 4,512 | 4,567 |
The table above includes total Contributory and Income Based ESA for GB and Scotland. A breakdown of the value of Contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance payments made to people resident in Scotland is not currently available.
ESA started as a benefit in 2008/09.
This information has been published and can be found via links below:
Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)