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390877

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) England, (b) Cumbria and (c) Copeland receive employment and support allowance in the work-related activity group.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	7560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information available for the number of Employment and Support Allowance claimants by phase of claim and geography is published and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp</a>.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 21/07/2015 10:11:08 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

390198

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the financial statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 8 July 2015, Official Report, column 334, what the value will be of the new funding to provide additional support to help employment and support allowance claimants return to work; and what form this additional support will take.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	7292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>· The Budget provided additional funding from April 2017, rising from £60m in 2017/18 to £100m a year in 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>· Further details will be set out in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 20/07/2015 15:38:08 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

389334

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of how many claimants will be affected by the changes to employment and support allowance announced in the Summer Budget 2015 in (a) Wakefield constituency, (b) Wakefield Metropolitan District Council area and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	6578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government will set out its assessment of the impacts of the policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill in due course.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 16/07/2015 14:33:18 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

389335

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants there were in the employment and support allowance work related activity group in (a) Wakefield constituency, (b) Wakefield Metropolitan District Council area and (c) the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	6579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested for those in the Work Related Activity Group by parliamentary constituency, local authority and Great Britain is published and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance</a></p><p> </p><p>Information for Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland.</p><p><a href="http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/stats_and_research.htm" target="_blank">http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/stats_and_research.htm</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 16/07/2015 14:37:25 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

389091

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of employment and support allowance his Department has classified as unfit to work in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	6520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested for those placed in the Work Related Activity Group or Support Group following an Employment and Support Allowance work capability assessment, in each of the last 5 years, is published and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-claims-made-to-sep-2014-and-appeals-to-mar-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-claims-made-to-sep-2014-and-appeals-to-mar-2015</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 16/07/2015 11:11:00 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

389092

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made a forecast of the number of employment and support allowance claimants that his Department will classify as unfit to work in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	6521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The forecast for number of new employment and support allowance claimants the Department will classify as unfit to work in each of the next five years are included in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Claimants Unfit For Work Total</p></td><td><p>350,000</p></td><td><p>450,000</p></td><td><p>300,000</p></td><td><p>300,000</p></td><td><p>300,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This is consistent with the Office for Budget Responsibility Budget 2015 forecast.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 20/07/2015 13:40:01 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

388733

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of delays in employment and support allowance assessments on people who lose their income based benefit waiting for that assessment.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	6108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Employment and Support Allowance claimants are usually paid the assessment rate of the benefit while waiting for their assessment. Where appropriate, arrears of Employment and Support allowance will be automatically backdated.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/07/2015 13:33:26 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

388368

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time for an Employment and Support Allowance assessment has been in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) the North West and (c) the UK since the instigation of those assessments.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	5981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Official statistics for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) processing times are not readily available and to provide the information requested would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/07/2015 11:32:05 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

388372

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effects of conditionality on employment and support allowance claimants with mental health problems.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	5860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department conducts an Equality Analysis before introducing changes, all proposals are assessed in line with the current public sector equality duties. It will show the Department has demonstrated that due regard has been paid when developing these services on the grounds of protected characteristics. This includes disabled people.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/07/2015 16:07:10 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

386811

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants have had low mood cited as the principal condition for incapability to work.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	4995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department does not categorise claimants using the term, “low mood”. Therefore the requested data is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Employment and Support Allowance is not based on a person’s health condition, but on the way that the condition limits their ability to function. The Work Capability Assessment, which determines eligibility for the benefit, assesses claimants against a number of descriptors covering physical, mental, cognitive and intellectual functions.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 4996 4997 question first answered 03/07/2015 13:42:58 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies