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Work and Pensions

Debate between Paul Burstow and Mark Hoban
Friday 22nd November 2013

(10 years, 5 months ago)

Ministerial Corrections
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in the employment and support allowance work-related activity group have a prognosis of unlikely to return to work in the longer term.

[Official Report, 12 September 2013, Vol. 567, c. 829-30W.]

Letter of correction from Mark Hoban:

An error has been identified in the written answer given to the right hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam (Paul Burstow) on 12 September 2013.

The full answer given was as follows:

Mark Hoban Portrait Mr Hoban
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There is no such prognosis as being unable to return to work in the longer-term. However, the following table shows how many claimants have been allocated a prognosis of two years or more:

Employment and support allowance (ESA) new claims—Outcomes of initial functional assessments by prognosis and month of result date, for the work related activity group, Great Britain

Claimants with prognosis of two years or more

2008

December

2009

January

February

March

200

April

200

May

200

June

300

July

400

August

400

September

300

October

300

November

300

December

300

2010

January

300

February

300

March

300

April

200

May

300

June

300

July

300

August

200

September

300

October

300

November

200

December

200

2011

January

200

February

200

March

200

April

200

May

200

June

100

July

100

August

100

September

100

October

100

November

100

December

100

2012

January

200

February

200

March

200

April

200

May

200

June

200

July

200

August

200

September

200

October

300

November

300

December

200

2013

January

200

February

200

Notes:

1. Figures are shown rounded to the nearest 100.

2. '—' denotes nil or negligible.

Scope:

Initial functional assessment—the first assessment of the employment and support allowance claim.

The outcome recorded is the final DWP decision-maker's decision or the recommendation made by the Atos Healthcare professional where the decision-maker's decision is not yet available.

Source:

Data in the table is derived from administrative data held by the DWP and assessment data provided by Atos Healthcare.



The correct answer should have been: