Employment and Support Allowance

(asked on 17th December 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the rise in employment and support allowance claimants.


Answered by
Mark Harper Portrait
Mark Harper
Secretary of State for Transport
This question was answered on 5th January 2015

The Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) caseload increased by 1,618,580 between May 2010 and May 2014: http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/esa/ccdate/esa_phase/a_carate_r_ccdate_c_esa_phase.html.

During this period we have been reassessing IB claimants for ESA.

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