Work Capability Assessment

(asked on 3rd February 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of work capability assessments conducted in each of the last five years; 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 8th February 2016

The cost of work capability assessments in the last five years were:

April 2010 – March 2011 - £112.8m

April 2011 – March 2012 - £112.4m

April 2012 – March 2013 - £114.3m

April 2013 – March 2014 - £57.3m

April 2014 – March 2015 - £82m

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