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<p /> <p>The information requested is given in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Number
of Work Programme Referrals and Sustained Job Outcomes for claimants in the requested
main diagnosis groups for those in the Employment Support Allowance (ESA) Payment
Groups: 1 June 2011 – 30 June 2014</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Referrals</p></td><td><p>Sustained
Job Outcomes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ESA customer groups total</p></td><td><p>276,670</p></td><td><p>16,530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mental
and Behavioural Disorders</p></td><td><p>147,790</p></td><td><p>7,550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Diseases
of the Musculoskeletal system and Connective Tissue</p></td><td><p>39,130</p></td><td><p>2,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other/Missing</p></td><td><p>89,750</p></td><td><p>6,820</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>
</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Source:</strong> DWP Statistical
Services</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p>1. Figures are cumulative and
are rounded to the nearest ten. Totals may not sum due to rounding.</p><ol start="2"
type="1"><li>Referrals: Referrals shown are 'net' referrals which do not include rejections,
cancellations or referrals to ESA information sessions.</li><li>Sustained Job Outcomes:
These are the number of claimants who have received a Job Outcome payment and have
had at least 1 Sustainment payment.</li><li>Sustainment payments: Providers can only
claim a Sustainment payment where:</li><ol start="1" type="a"><li>A Job Outcome has
been reported;</li><li>Four continuous weeks in employment have elapsed between the
Job Outcome payment date and the Sustainment payment date, or between the previous
Sustainment payment date and the current Sustainment payment date.</li><li>A participant
has been in employment and off benefit each week (a week is defined as a 7 day period)
in the four week period; and</li><li>15 working days have passed since the last date
of the period being claimed.</li><li>Following a break in employment after the 104
weeks Allotted Time providers will no longer be eligible to receive a Sustainment
payment (a break is defined as when a participant leaves employment for 2 days or
more, even if they remain off benefit).</li></ol></ol><p>5. ICD (disease) code causes
of incapacity are based on the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision,
published by the World Health Organisation. Medical condition is based on evidence
provided at the start of the claim, this in itself does not confer entitlement to
ESA and may not represent a claimants most recent medical condition.</p><p><strong>
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