Stephen Timms – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2016-01-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many completed repeat work capability assessments there have been of people with (a) cystic fibrosis, (b) rheumatoid arthritis, (c) motor neurone disease, (d) multiple sclerosis and (e) Parkinson’s disease in each year since the introduction of employment and support allowance in 2008.
Priti Patel
The information available is shown in the table below. Repeat assessments are conducted to ensure that individuals receive the right level of support.
|
Calendar years: |
Cystic Fibrosis |
Spinal Muscular Atrophy |
Parkinson’s Disease |
Multiple Sclerosis |
Other Rheumatoid Arthritis |
|
Oct-08 to Dec-08 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
|
Jan-09 to Dec-09 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
|
Jan-10 to Dec-10 |
– |
– |
100 |
700 |
600 |
|
Jan-11 to Dec-11 |
100 |
100 |
300 |
1,500 |
1,500 |
|
Jan-12 to Dec-12 |
200 |
100 |
500 |
2,900 |
2,500 |
|
Jan-13 to Dec-13 |
100 |
100 |
400 |
2,400 |
2,500 |
|
Jan-14 to Dec-14 |
100 |
– |
300 |
1,900 |
2,100 |
|
Jan-15 to June-15 |
– |
– |
– |
300 |
300 |
