Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have ceased to claim income-related benefits in the most recent 12 months for which data is available; and for what reasons those people ceased to make such claims.

The information requested for those moving off income-related benefits is only available for Jobseeker’s Allowance. It is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost for other income related benefits.

The available information which shows the number of off-flows and reasons from the Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) claimant count is published at: https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp

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