Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants have died within (a) six months and (b) 12 months after being assessed as fit for work.
To provide a reply would require the Department to link together several complex datasets and quality assure the results. Although theoretically possible, it is estimated that this would take in excess of 4 working days therefore as the information requested is not readily available, to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.