Steve McCabe – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve McCabe on 2016-03-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who claim employment and support allowance in (a) England and (b) Wales have been diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease.
Priti Patel
The number of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants with Inflammatory Bowel Disease as their main disabling condition, in England is 9,130 and the number for Wales is 730.
Source: DWP 100% data.
Notes:
- Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
- The data is at August 2015 which is the latest available information.
