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1169966

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date	10/01/2020
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 length of time is for claimants in the (a) support and (b) work-related activity groups to be awarded employment support allowance.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	1884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2020 answer text <p>As of May 2019, the latest point at which this information is available, the mean duration of a claim for Employment and Support Allowance claimants currently in the (a) support group is 5.15 years and (b) work-related activity group is 4.60 years.</p><p> </p><p>Alternatively, the median duration of a claim for Employment and Support Allowance claimants currently in the (a) support group is 5.49 years and (b) work-related activity group is 4.76 years.</p><p> </p><p>Source: DWP 100% Employment Support Allowance data source</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ul><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 2 decimal places.</li></ul> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/01/2020 11:42:24 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1169967

registered interest
date	10/01/2020
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	Work Capability Assessment
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 cost to her Department is of undertaking a work capability assessment.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	1885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>The Health and Disability Assessment Services (HDAS) Contract is let on a target cost of service basis alongside performance incentives and remedies rather than on an output cost per assessment or administrative task basis. Therefore we are unable to provide an average cost per assessment undertaken.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/01/2020 14:45:28 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe