Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been in receipt of (a) incapacity benefit and (b) employment and support allowance since June 2011; and how many such people have been attached to the Work Programme.

In response to the first part of the question, statistics on the number of Incapacity Benefit and Employment and Support Allowance recipients, by duration of claim, can be found at:

http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/tabtool.html

In response to the second part, information on Work Programme attachments, by payment group, can be found at:

http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html

Guidance for users is available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance