Written question asked by Pamela Nash (Labour) on Wednesday, 2 March 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 4 March 2011. It was answered by Maria Miller (Conservative) on Tuesday, 15 March 2011 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Employment and Support Allowance: Airdrie

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Airdrie and Shotts constituency have been in receipt of employment and support allowance payments for more than one year.

Answer

The information requested is given as follows:

Employment and support allowance in Airdrie and Shotts parliamentary constituency May 2010
	Number
Total claimants	210
Duration of over one year	1,250
Notes:
1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
2. Employment and support allowance (ESA) replaced incapacity benefit and income support paid on the grounds of incapacity for new claims from 27 October 2008.
3. This data was extracted from the Department's Tabulation tool at:
http://83.244.183.180/5pc/tabtool.html
4. Data includes those receiving ““credits only””.
Source:
Department for Work and Pensions, Information Directorate, 100% WPLS

Secondary information