Employment and Support Allowance

(asked on 29th March 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many ESA65B letters have been sent to GPs since the wording of that letter was revised, in each month in (a) 2018 and (b) 2019.


Answered by
Justin Tomlinson Portrait
Justin Tomlinson
This question was answered on 3rd April 2019

The Department does not hold information on the number of ESA65B letters sent to GPs.

The ESA65B letter is automatically issued by the IT system to GPs in every case where an Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimant has been found ‘fit for work’.

Link to the latest ESA statistics:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-march-2019

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