Employment and Support Allowance

(asked on 21st January 2016) - View Source
Questioner
Diane Abbott Portrait
Diane Abbott
(Labour - Hackney North and Stoke Newington)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants with (a) Parkinson's disease, (b) rheumatoid arthritis, (c) motor neurone disease, (d) multiple sclerosis and (e) cystic fibrosis have been (i) placed in support groups, (ii) placed in the work-related activity group and (iii) found fit for work since 2008; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by
Priti Patel Portrait
Priti Patel
Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
This question was answered on 29th January 2016

The information requested is shown in the table below.





Cystic Fibrosis

Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Parkinson's Disease

Multiple Sclerosis

Other Rheumatoid Arthritis

Initial

SG

900

1,100

1,700

7,600

3,400


WRAG

100

100

700

2,600

3,500


FFW

100

-

600

1,800

4,100








Repeat

SG

500

300

1,100

7,300

4,500


WRAG

100

-

500

2,200

3,900


FFW

-

-

100

400

1,200








IBR

SG

600

200

1,300

15,400

6,100


WRAG

100

-

300

2,600

5,000


FFW

-

-

-

300

1,100

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