Social Security Benefits: Disability
(asked on 7th January 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Labour Market Statistics, December 2014, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the rise in the number of claimants of employment and support allowance and other incapacity benefits.
This question was answered on 12th January 2015
The Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) caseload increased by 1,618,580 between May 2010 and May 2014: http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/esa/ccdate/esa_phase/a_carate_r_ccdate_c_esa_phase.html.
During this period we have been reassessing Incapacity Benefit claimants for ESA.