Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, further to the High Court judgment in the case of Connor v SSWP, how many people have had employment and support allowance payments withheld while awaiting a mandatory reconsideration of her Department's decision to refuse that benefit since 2013.

In law there is no entitlement to Employment and Support Allowance during the Mandatory Reconsideration period, therefore benefit is not being withheld.