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Written question asked by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Friday, 20 February 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 24 February 2015. It was answered by Esther McVey (Conservative) on Thursday, 26 February 2015 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.


Employment and Support Allowance

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many sanctions were imposed on employment and support allowance claimants in each month between January 2013 and June 2014; and how many such sanctions were imposed on claimants whose primary condition was (a) mental and behavioural disorders, (b) diseases of the nervous system, (c) diseases of the circulatory or respiratory system, (d) diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue, (e) injury, poisoining and certain other consequences of external causes and (f) other.

Answer

The number of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) adverse sanction decisions is published at:

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/

Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:

https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm

The information requested for primary condition of ESA adverse sanction decisions is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
224691
Session
2014-15
Related items
Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
Monday, 16 March 2015
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Disqualification Employment and support allowance
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk