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<p>The information requested on the number of people with Sickle Cell Disease in receipt
of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Universal Credit (UC) and the cost to
the public purse of providing support for claimants with Sickle Cell Disease for ESA
and UC is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>
</p><p>Information on health conditions of ESA claimants is only available by high
level medical conditions, including Diseases of the Blood and Blood forming organs
and certain diseases involving the immune mechanism, is published on Stat-Xplore.</p><p>
</p><p>The latest data on PIP claims in payment can be which can be broken down by
month from April 2013 to April 2019 and by disability which includes Sickle Cell Anaemia
can be found on Stat-Xplore too: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p>Guidance
on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html"
target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p>
</p><p>The latest data on the PIP expenditure broken down by disability subgroup including
Haemolytic disease, of which Sickle Cell Disease is one disease is in this category
is published and can be found at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/741592/pip-expenditure-by-medical-condition-2017-18.ods"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/741592/pip-expenditure-by-medical-condition-2017-18.ods</a></p>
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