Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for employment and support allowance submitted by people in Preston in 2013 have yet to be determined.
We have interpreted the question to be for the number of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Incapacity Benefits Reassessments (IBR), Work Capability Assessments (WCA) which are still to be decided in 2013, for Preston Local Authority and this information is shown in the table below.
ESA WCA assessments still in progress in Preston Local Authority January 2013 to September 2013 | |
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New claims - Initial assessments | 200 |
New claims - Repeat assessments | 100 |
Incapacity Benefit re-assessments | - |
Source: Data in the tables above is derived from administrative data held by the DWP and assessment data provided by Atos Healthcare.
Notes:
1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 100. “-“ denotes nil or fewer than 50.