To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with epilepsy are claiming employment and support allowance and personal independence payments.
Answered on
25 February 2016
The number of Employment and Support Allowance claimants with epilepsy as their main disabling condition, as at August 2015, is 44,720.
Information on the number of people in receipt of Personal Independence Payment at 31 October 2015, by a range of conditions including epilepsy, has been published and can be found at:
https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk.
Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:
https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html
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Department for Work and Pensions
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