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<p /> <p /> <p>The table estimates, for all new Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
claims made in each of the last three years, which have had a determination in relation
the Work Capability Assessment (WCA), the proportion of claims that were completed
in over 91 days. </p><p> </p><p>Number and proportion of completed initial ESA claims
each year between April 2010 and March 2013 that were completed in more than 13 weeks
by year of claim start date</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>ESA
claim start date between:</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Apr-10 to </p><p>Mar-11</p></td><td><p>Apr-11
to </p><p>Mar-12</p></td><td><p>Apr-12 to </p><p>Mar-13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Completed in more than
13 weeks</p></td><td><p>231,700</p></td><td><p>316,000</p></td><td><p>364,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Percentage completed in
more than 13 weeks</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: Department for Work and Pensions benefit administration
dataset</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>All values are rounded;
therefore addition of all volumes for outcomes may not sum to total cases. Caseload
volumes have been rounded to the nearest 100.</li><li>For around 10% of all new claims,
the duration cannot be determined due to data not being available, so these have been
excluded from the analysis above. These are mainly claims with the one or other of
the dates missing so the time from the claim start to the notification of the WCA
output cannot be calculated. Those still waiting for an assessment are also excluded.</li><li>The
data presented above comes from benefit claims data held by the Department for Work
and Pensions. It related to new ESA claims; Incapacity Benefit (IB) claims reassessments
are not included. In October 2008, ESA replaced IB for new claims. Starting with a
trial in October 2010, and reaching a full scale national roll-out in April 2011,
existing IB claims began to be phased out, with claimants reassessed to see if they
qualify for ESA instead.</li><li>As the Official Statistics on ESA and the WCA do
not focus on benefit durations, the underlying data used to provide the information
has not been quality assured to the same level, and should be treated with caution.</li><li>ESA
payments commence from the start of the claim. Where the WCA takes longer than 91
days and the claimant is found to be eligible for the benefit payments of the relevant
component will be backdated to the 92<sup>nd</sup> day.</li></ol><p><strong> </strong></p><p>
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