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Social Security Benefits

Question for Department for Work and Pensions

UIN 34982, tabled on 21 April 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients in the (a) work-related activity group and (b) support group have claimed employment and support allowance or previously, incapacity benefit for (i) up to two, (ii) between two and five and (iii) for five years or more years.

Answered on

29 April 2016

The information available on the number of Employment and Support Allowance recipients, by duration, phase of claim and whether an IB Reassessment, is published and can be found at:

http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/tabtool.html

Guidance for users can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance