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answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
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registered interest

date

30/11/2022

answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

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Work and Pensions

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Work and Pensions

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Employment and Support Allowance

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25259

pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the total (a) expenditure on and (b) number of benefit claimants receiving Employment Support Allowance in each of the last five years, in (i) England, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales, (iv) Northern Ireland, (v) each local authority and (vi) each constituency.

tabling member constituency

Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath

tabling member printed

Neale Hanvey

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100001

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

05/12/2022

answer text

The information to answer parts (a) i)-iii), v) and vi) of the question can be found in the benefit expenditure and caseload tables (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2021" target="_blank">Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>). Data for 2021/22 will be published in due course. Information on the number of claimants who received Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) in the last five years, broken down by various geographies in Great Britain, is published and can be found on <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml?invalidSession=true&reason=AdminSessionHelper+not+found." target="_blank">Stat-Xplore</a>. Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">here.</a> An account is not required to use Stat-Xplore; the ‘Guest Login’ feature gives instant access to the main functions. The Department for Communities is responsible for Employment and Support Allowance in Northern Ireland.

answering member constituency

Corby

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Tom Pursglove

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05/12/2022 16:38:16

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tabling member

4782

label	Biography information for Neale Hanvey