Employment and Support Allowance: Learning Disability
(asked on 26th June 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with a learning disability are claiming employment and support allowance and are in the (a) work related activity and (b) support group.
This question was answered on 1st July 2015
The information available is shown in the table below:
Employment and Support Allowance caseload by phase of claim: November 2014.
|
|
Phase of ESA claim | |
| Support Group | Work Related Activity Group | |
Specific Development Disorders of Scholastic Skills | 48,750 | 10,650 | |
Source: DWP 100% data
Notes:
- Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Totals may not sum due to rounding.
- “Learning difficulties” are recorded as “Specific Development Disorders of Scholastic Skills”.