Work Capability Assessment

(asked on 16th January 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases in which work capability assessments received zero points on initial assessment had benefit subsequently awarded (a) on mandatory assessment and (b) on appeal, in the latest period for which figures are available.


Answered by
Justin Tomlinson Portrait
Justin Tomlinson
This question was answered on 21st January 2020

The specific information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

The available information on Mandatory Reconsiderations (MRs) and appeals in relation to Employment Support Allowance Work Capability Assessments is published here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-and-support-allowance-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessment

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