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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>
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>
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Source: DWP 100% Employment Support Allowance data source<\/p>
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Notes:<\/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>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4105", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Justin Tomlinson"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North Swindon"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Justin Tomlinson"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2020-01-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2020-01-16T14:45:28.03Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2020-01-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Work Capability Assessment"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost to her Department is of undertaking a work capability assessment.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/298", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Steve McCabe"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Birmingham, Selly Oak"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Steve McCabe"} ], "uin" : "1885"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1167475", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1167475/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
We are still refining our methodology in our assessment of cohabitees that have not received bereavement benefits, and therefore cannot provide a final estimate of expenditure.<\/p>
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The 2019-20 budget for the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is £125.6m.<\/p>
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Item<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Financial Services Levy<\/strong><\/p><\/td> General Pensions Levy<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Money Guidance<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £25.9m<\/p><\/td> £0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Debt Advice<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £55.8m<\/p><\/td> £0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Pension Wise<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £31.2m<\/p><\/td> £0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Dashboard<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £4.7m<\/p><\/td> £2.3m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Pension Guidance<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £0<\/p><\/td> £5.7m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 117.6m<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £8.0m<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> The budgets for the three legacy organisations (the Money Advice Service, the Pensions Advisory Service and Pension Wise) in each of the five years up to and including 2018-19 were previously provided in the Answer on 7 October 2019 to Question 292822.<\/p> Since Money and Pensions Service has been constituted with different statutory functions to the legacy organisations no direct comparison can be made between the budget for Money and Pensions Service and those for the previous services.<\/p> <\/p> <\/strong><\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1147921/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Local welfare assistance is an umbrella term used describe local authority provision for people who are in need of urgent help. Local authorities\u2019 abilities to act in this area are provided under various powers, for example, section 2 of the Local Government Act 2000 enables local authorities to provide financial assistance to any individual.<\/p> <\/p> Since the reforms to the Social Fund in 2013 which abolished Crisis Loans and Community Care Grants, the Local Government Financial Settlement has included a notional amount relating to local welfare provision in each upper-tier and unitary authority\u2019s general grant. The settlement for 2015-16 set this amount at £129.6 million for England in each year until 2019/20.<\/p> <\/p> The Department for Work and Pension's (DWP) 2014 review found that local authorities delivered support more effectively than the previous provision and that councils are best placed to decide how to target flexible help to support local welfare needs. The Government has no further plans to review provision.<\/p> The Money Advice Service was previously an HMT sponsored levy funded arm\u2019s length body. When this and the other legacy bodies were merged to create the Money and Pensions Service (formerly Single Financial Guidance Body) historic budgets were transferred to the new Government sponsors - Department for Work and Pensions - as part of a Machinery of Government change. The historic amounts transferred to DWP were:<\/p> <\/p> 2013-14<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2014-15<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2015-16<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2016-17<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2017-18<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2018-19<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> £79.8m<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £80.5m<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £79.4m<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £76.3m<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £79.6m<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £82.1m<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Funding for the Pension Advisory Service is contained in the Supplementary Estimates for each year hosted on the link below. The data can be found in Part III: Note E of the Department for Work and Pensions section. The Pension Advisory Service is Levy funded.<\/p> 2013-14<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2014-15<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2015-16<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2016-17<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2017-18<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2018-19<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> N/A<\/strong><\/p><\/td> N/A*<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £31.7m**<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £24.4m<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £18.1m<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £16.9m***<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> *Pension Wise was in set up phase in 14/15<\/p> ** Pension Wise was in HMT in 15/16<\/p> *** Includes Pension Wise expenditure in DWP and Single Finance Guidance Body (now Money & Pensions Service)<\/p> <\/p> Pension Wise is levy funded.<\/p>"}
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