Work Capability Assessment

(asked on 20th January 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many completed repeat work capability assessments there have been of people with (a) cystic fibrosis, (b) rheumatoid arthritis, (c) motor neurone disease, (d) multiple sclerosis and (e) Parkinson's disease in each year since the introduction of employment and support allowance in 2008.


Answered by
Priti Patel Portrait
Priti Patel
This question was answered on 25th January 2016

The information available is shown in the table below. Repeat assessments are conducted to ensure that individuals receive the right level of support.




Calendar years:

Cystic Fibrosis

Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Parkinson’s Disease

Multiple Sclerosis

Other Rheumatoid Arthritis







Oct-08 to Dec-08

-

-

-

-

-

Jan-09 to Dec-09

-

-

-

-

-

Jan-10 to Dec-10

-

-

100

700

600

Jan-11 to Dec-11

100

100

300

1,500

1,500

Jan-12 to Dec-12

200

100

500

2,900

2,500

Jan-13 to Dec-13

100

100

400

2,400

2,500

Jan-14 to Dec-14

100

-

300

1,900

2,100

Jan-15 to June-15

-

-

-

300

300


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