Employment and Support Allowance
(asked on 14th October 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2014 to Question 205882, what the full cost, including apportioned indirect costs, is of initiating payment of employment and support allowance (ESA) at the assessment rate; what the full cost is of an ESA change; and how many changes ESA claimants require on average per year.
Please see the table below:
| Operational Operating Costs | Unit Cost | Total DWP Operating Costs | Unit Cost - Total Costs |
ESA Claims | £21,639,678.74 | £25.09 | £59,680,390.98 | £66.66 |
ESA Changes (Incl WCA) | £61,465,559.37 | £12.74 | £143,414,434.36 | £28.52 |
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| Number of Customers | ESA Changes Processed | Average Number of Changes |
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ESA Changes | 1,880,822 | 5,028,874 | 2.67 |
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The cost of initiating payment of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) at the assessment rate is provided in ESA Claims. We have provided the annual costs for 13/14 and the Unit Costs. The Unit Cost is the average cost of one ESA Claim through the process.
We have provided the annual cost for ESA changes 13/14 and the unit costs. The Unit Cost is the average cost of one ESA change being made.
We have calculated the average number of changes required by ESA claimants in 13/14 by dividing the number of ESA changes processed by the number of ESA customers.