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<p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><p>Outcomes
of functional assessments by prognosis of 2 years or more for the ESA work-related
activity group, Great Britain: October 2008 – September 2013</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>WRAG: Claimants with a prognosis of 2 years or more</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New
Claims - Initial assessment</p></td><td><p>11,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Claims
– Repeat assessment</p></td><td><p>19,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Incapacity Benefit
Reassessments</p></td><td><p>73,100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source:
Data in the tables above is derived from administrative data held by the DWP and assessment
data provided by Atos Healthcare.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Figures are rounded
to the nearest 100.</p><p>2. The outcome recorded is the final DWP Decision Maker's
decision or the recommendation made by the Atos Healthcare Professional where the
Decision Maker's decision is not yet available.</p><p>3. The data presented above
comes from benefit claims data held by the Department for Work and Pensions. It related
to new and repeat ESA claims and Incapacity Benefit (IB) claims reassessments. 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.</p><p>The
reassessment of existing incapacity benefits claimants started in October 2010 with
a trial in the Burnley and Aberdeen areas. These are included in the table.</p>
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