Speeches

Michael Meacher – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Michael Meacher on 2014-06-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants died in each month of the last three years (a) after attending a work capability assessment and (b) having been assessed as fit for work and then appealed, but died before that appeal was heard.

Mike Penning

The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.