Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Sheila Gilmore (Labour), on Wednesday, 4 June 2014, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 99 members in total.
STATISTICS ON RECONSIDERATIONS OF EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE REFUSALS
That this House notes that at present people who apply for employment and support allowance (ESA) and are declared fit for work following a work capability assessment can ask for this decision to be reconsidered prior to lodging a formal appeal; welcomes the introduction of reconsideration in all cases as of 28 October 2013; further notes that the Government regularly publishes statistics on the number of successful appeals, but does not publish statistics on the number of successful reconsideration requests; believes that this provides an incomplete picture of the effectiveness of the work capability assessment; and thus calls on the Government to regularly publish statistics on the number of successful reconsideration requests as soon as possible.
Secondary information
- Type
- Early day motion
- Reference
- 5
- Session
- 2014-15
- Other sponsors
- Peter Bottomley
- Dennis Skinner
- Jeremy Corbyn
- Mark Durkan
- Bob Russell
- Subjects
- Appeals Work capability assessment
- Link
- View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk
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