Written question asked by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 14 January 2010. It was answered by Jonathan Shaw (Labour) on Tuesday, 19 January 2010 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Incapacity Benefit

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) incapacity benefit and (b) employment and support allowance claimants there were in Lewes constituency on the latest date for which figures are available.

Answer

The available information is in the following table.

The number of incapacity benefit/severe disablement allowance and employment and support allowance claimants in Lewes parliamentary constituency—May 2009
	Number
Incapacity benefit/severe disablement allowance	2,330
Employment and support allowance	290
Notes:
1. Caseload has been rounded to the nearest 10.
2. Data published at
www.nomisweb.co.uk
(incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance)
and
http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/tabtool.asp
(incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance and employment and support allowance).
3. Employment and support allowance replaced incapacity benefit and income support paid on the grounds of incapacity for new claims from 27 October 2008.
Source:
Department for Work and Pensions Information Directorate 100 per cent. Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study.

Secondary information