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.
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