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Written question asked by Marsha De Cordova (Labour) on Monday, 5 September 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 7 September 2022. It was answered by Julie Marson (Conservative) on Thursday, 15 September 2022 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Department for Work and Pensions: Staff

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department has spent on staffing costs for (a) mandatory reconsideration and (b) appeals against Work Capability Assessment decisions for Employment Support Allowance in each year since 2012-13.

Answer

The information for the financial years covered by the request are detailed in the tables below:

ESA (WCA)

2012-13
(£m)

2013-14
(£m)

2014-15
(£m)

2015-16
(£m)

2016-17
(£m)

2017-18
(£m)

2018-19
(£m)

2019-20
(£m)

2020-21 (£m)

2021-22 (£m)

Mandatory Reconsiderations

£0.0

£5.2

£18.4

£11.5

£11.1

£15.0

£7.7

£4.8

£0.6

£0.5

Appeals

£24.4

£37.1

£9.4

£6.5

£7.9

£14.6

£8.4

£6.0

£0.8

£0.8

Cost figures are rounded to the nearest £0.1m

Data Source: ABM

The cost figures quoted are estimated DWP level 1 operating costs, including both direct delivery staff and non-staff costs. Non-staff costs are only those costs incurred in local cost centres, relating to direct delivery staff.

Please note that the data supplied is from the Departmental Activity Based Models. This data is derived from unpublished management information, which was collected for internal Departmental use only and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standards. It should therefore be treated with caution. The Departmental Activity Based staffing models are a snapshot of how many people were identified as undertaking specified activities as assigned by line managers.

Figures quoted exclude ESA Non-WCA costs.

Appeals costs relate to the costs of processing the Appeals and include expenditure related to DWP Presenting Officer who attend some Tribunals.

2013/14 costs for ESA Reconsiderations are only part-year due to the introduction of the Reconsideration process (hence the reduction in Appeals costs from 2014/15).

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
47641
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Appeals Department for Work and Pensions Staff Employment and support allowance Work capability assessment
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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