The Department does not categorise claimants using the term, \u201clow mood\u201d. Therefore the requested data is not available.<\/p>
<\/p>
Employment and Support Allowance is not based on a person\u2019s 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>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4066", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Priti Patel"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Witham"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Priti Patel"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-07-03", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "4996"} , {"_value" : "4997"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-07-03T13:42:58.013Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-06-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Employment and Support Allowance"} , "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, how many employment and support allowance claimants have had low mood cited as the principal condition for incapability to work.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1565", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Philip Davies"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Shipley"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Philip Davies"} ], "uin" : "4995"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/386072", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/386072/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Department has lodged an appeal with the First Tier Tribunal against the Information Commissioner\u2019s decision notice of 30 April 2015.<\/p>
The statistics the Department intend to publish will be pre-announced on the GOV.UK website.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3893", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Freud"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Freud"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-07-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-07-10T11:17:17.573Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-06-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Employment and Support Allowance"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government how they have responded to the ruling of the Information Commissioner regarding the publication of statistics on deaths related to Employment and Support Allowance benefit; and when they intend to publish this data.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/738", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Alton of Liverpool"} ], "uin" : "HL871"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/385475", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/385475/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The information available on the number of Employment and Support Allowance claimants can be found at: https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p> Guidance for users can be found at: https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p> However, information on the number of Employment and Support Allowance claimants who have had Social Fund deductions is not readily available.<\/p>"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2015-06-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants there were in each year since 2010; and how many such claimants had Social Fund Loan payments deducted in each such year.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4244", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jonathan Ashworth"}
], "uin" : "4172"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/385476", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/385476/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Department does not collect this information.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4105", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Justin Tomlinson"}
}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2015-06-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants had Social Fund Loan repayments wrongly deducted from their benefits in each year since 2010; and how many of those deductions were due to (a) prior full loan repayment and (b) non-existence of the loan.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4244", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jonathan Ashworth"}
], "uin" : "4173"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/385153", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/385153/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Information available on the number of Incapacity Benefit claimants currently awaiting a work capability assessment is published and can be found at:<\/p> <\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-and-support-allowance-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessment<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p> Official statistics for Incapacity Benefit Reassessment processing times are not readily available and to provide the information requested would incur disproportionate cost.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4066", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Priti Patel"}
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, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many incapacity benefit claimants are awaiting an assessment for employment and support allowance; and how many such claimants have waited three months or more for that assessment.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/478", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Frank Field"}
], "uin" : "3646"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/385162", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/385162/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The information as requested is not available.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4066", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Priti Patel"}
}
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]}
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, "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
, "date" : {"_value" : "2015-06-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants were affected by mandatory reconsideration in 2014-15; and how many such claimants waited 14 days or more to receive a decision following that consideration.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Frank Field"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/385164", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/385164/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Information on mandatory reconsiderations of benefit decisions was released on 17th<\/sup> December 2014. This was an ad-hoc release of experimental statistics on MR requests made between 28th<\/sup>October 2013 and 31st<\/sup> October 2014. It gives an overview of mandatory reconsideration requests across all benefits recorded on DWP\u2019s operational systems, and a focused summary on Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). This data can be found here:<\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mandatory-reconsiderations-of-dwp-benefit-decisions-data-to-october-2014<\/a><\/p> <\/p> DWP statisticians are looking to include statistics for the entire ESA Work Capability Assessment (WCA) process into the existing regular statistical publication, including information on Mandatory Reconsiderations outcomes. However before DWP is able to do this statisticians need to make sure that the data is accurate and fit for purpose and develop a robust methodology. When a decision has been made on improvements to the ESA WCA regular statistical publication we will pre-announce the improvements in accordance with the UKSA release protocols.<\/p> <\/p> The latest appeal statistics available, published by the Ministry of Justice, which includes data on ESA appeals received and cleared, can be found here at Tables 1.4 & 2.7:<\/p> <\/p>