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<p /> <p>The information requested is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><p>Number
of initial Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claims where the assessment was
completed by length of assessment period and month completed, England, Apr 13 - Mar
14</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Month completed</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Total</p></td><td
colspan="3"><p>Length of assessment period</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>91
days and under</p></td><td><p>Over 91 days</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-14</p></td><td><p>21,800</p></td><td><p>4,000</p></td><td><p>1,600</p></td><td><p>16,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-14</p></td><td><p>19,200</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>13,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-14</p></td><td><p>20,900</p></td><td><p>4,300</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td><td><p>15,200</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Source: Department for Work and Pensions benefit administration dataset.</p><p>
</p><p>Notes:</p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 100.
Totals may not sum due to rounding.</li><li>The period cohorts allocate ESA claims
to the calendar month that the assessment was completed. March 2014 is the latest
data available.</li><li>Those still waiting for an assessment to be completed are
not included in the figures above.</li><li>In approximately of 10% of claims the length
of the assessment period is unknown due to missing or incomplete information.</li><li>The
data presented above comes from benefit claims data held by the Department for Work
and Pensions. It related to new ESA claims only; Incapacity Benefit (IB) claims reassessments
are not included.</li><li>As the Official Statistics on ESA and the Work Capability
Assessments do not focus on benefit durations, the underlying data used to provide
the information has not been quality assured to the same level, and should be treated
with caution.</li></ol>
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