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Written question asked by Chris Ruane (Labour) on Monday, 17 October 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 19 October 2011. It was answered by Lord Grayling (Conservative) on Tuesday, 25 October 2011 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.


Employment and Support Allowance: Mining

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in receipt of employment and support allowance were formerly employed in the mining or steel industries in the latest period for which figures are available.
Answer

The information requested is not available.Information on occupation may be collected for some benefit claimants as part of the claims process, in particular, those in employment at the time of claim, but is not carried through to the datasets available for analysis. Information on employment history is not collected.Information on the number of claimants on employment and support allowance is available on the Department's tabulation tool which can be accessed from the following link:"http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/index.php?page=tabtool"


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
75922; 534 c140-1W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Iron and steel Mining Employment and support allowance
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk