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Written question asked by Baroness Clark of Kilwinning (Labour) on Tuesday, 17 March 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 19 March 2015. It was answered by Steve Webb (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 24 March 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 people receiving employment and support allowance in the support group are aged (a) 50 and over and (b) 55 and over.

Answer

Statistics on the age of claimant by Phase of the Employment and Support Allowance claim are published and available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool.

Guidance for users is available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
227879
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Older workers Employment and support allowance
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk