Employment and Support Allowance

(asked on 19th November 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of new claimants of employment and support allowances who will be placed in the work-related activity group from April 2017 to May 2020; and whether he has made an estimate of the number of those claimants who will be people with cancer.


Answered by
Priti Patel Portrait
Priti Patel
This question was answered on 27th November 2015

Information regarding the number of new claimants who will be placed in the work related activity or limited capability for work groups can be found in the following table, for each of the financial years in the time period requested :


2017/18

2018/19

2019/20

2020/21

Total work related activity or limited capability for work group decisions from new claims to ESA or UC

100,000

100,000

100,000

100,000


Figures are consistent with the Autumn Statement 2015 forecasts, which do not separate out ESA and UC.


We do not hold estimates on the number of claimants we expect with specific conditions.

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