Employment and Support Allowance

(asked on 18th May 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many and what proportion of people currently placed in the Support Group and receiving only New Style Employment and Support Allowance are also undertaking paid work within the permitted work limits; and what is their gender breakdown.


Answered by
Baroness Sherlock Portrait
Baroness Sherlock
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 11th June 2026

Reliable data is not held centrally so the information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Reticulating Splines