Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each parliamentary constituency who receive employment and support allowance have been diagnosed with (a) hidradenitis suppurativa and (b) a dermatological condition in each of the last five years.

The specific information requested in part (a) is not readily available, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Statistics on the number of Employment and Support Allowance claimants with a primary medical condition of ‘Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous system’ by Parliamentary Constituency can be found at:

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