Speeches

Stephen Timms – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2014-06-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants in the Employment and Support Allowance Work Related Activity Group are currently on the Work Programme; and how many such claimants had the period before they were fit for work assessed as (a) up to three months, (b) three to six months, (c) six to 12 months and (d) over 12 months.

Esther McVey

The information we have in respect of both referrals and attachments, by prognosis group, are given in the table below:

Number of Work Programme Referrals and Attachments by ESA prognosis Customer Groups, Great Britain: 1 June 2011 – 31 December 2013

ESA Prognosis Customer Group

Referrals

Attachments

All ESA WRAG

242,510

234,210

ESA (c) WRAG Mandatory

10,470

9,990

ESA (c) WRAG Voluntary

1,060

1,040

ESA (IR) WRAG 12Mth Mandatory

37,370

35,560

ESA (IR) WRAG 12Mth Voluntary

1,970

1,900

ESA (IR) WRAG 3/6Mth Existing

5,470

5,230

ESA (IR) WRAG 3/6 Mth Mandatory

98,290

96,100

ESA (IR) WRAG 3/6 Mth Voluntary

750

730

ESA (IR) WRAG 3/6 Mth Mandatory ExIB

23,230

22,590

ESA (IR) WRAG 3/6 Mth Voluntary ExIB

210

210

ESA Mandatory (IR) WRAG 12m

42,710

40,840

ESA (IR) WRAG 12m Mandatory EXIB

20,980

20,040

ESA Credit Only

230

210

ESA (IR) Support Group

360

350

ESA (c) Support Group

100

100

ESA (IR) Support Group ExIB

100

100

ESA (c) Support Group ExIB

100

90