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Written question asked by Helen Hayes (Labour) on Wednesday, 15 September 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 20 September 2021 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Monday, 20 September 2021. A substantive answer was provided by Chloe Smith (Conservative) on Wednesday, 20 October 2021 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Employment and Social Security Benefits: Learning Disability

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps is she taking to improve the collection of benefit and employment data about people with a learning disability within her Department.

Answer

The Department collects data in relation to people with a learning disability where it is relevant to their claim to certain health and disability benefits, as well as making use of the Office for National Statistics Labour Force Survey.

The Department regularly publishes these statistics for those claiming Personal Independence Payment, Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance, and these can be found at:

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

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

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html

Detailed information about the primary disability of those on Universal Credit receiving the Limited Capability for Work or Limited Capability for Work Related Activity element, and those receiving Employment and Support Allowance is not readily available and has not previously been published.

The Department already publishes annual Official Statistics on the employment of disabled people. These include employment levels and rates for disabled people with severe or specific learning difficulties.

The data can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/the-employment-of-disabled-people

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
50104
Session
2021-22
Subjects
Databases Department for Work and Pensions Employment Learning disability Social security benefits Standards
Link
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