Results 1-20 of 913 for incapacity benefit
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Employment: Work Capability Assessments (22 May 2013)
Lord Freud: The department regularly publishes official statistics on the outcomes of employment and support allowance (ESA) work capability assessments (WCAs) for new claims made to ESA and for incapacity benefits claimants being reassessed for ESA. The latest statistics include outcomes of appeals heard up to the end of February 2013 against Fit for Work decisions at initial WCAs (for new ESA claims...
- Written Answers — Treasury: Social Security Benefits: East Renfrewshire (21 May 2013) See 1 other result from this answer
Jim Murphy: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in East Renfrewshire constituency were in receipt of (a) child benefit, (b) working families tax credits, (c) incapacity benefit, (d) disability living allowance and (e) income support in May (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Employment and Support Allowance (Appeals) (20 May 2013)
Mark Hoban: ...’s allowance. The hon. Lady will be aware, as I am, of some of the hardship arrangements that are in place to help people, but it is absolutely right to try to encourage those claiming incapacity benefit to be reassessed, to ensure that those who are fit for work can get back into work, rather than be written off and face a lifetime of inactivity, as happened under previous Governments.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Employment (20 May 2013)
Iain Duncan Smith: ...people without jobs has fallen by 380,000 since 2010. That fall has been driven by a fall in the rate of inactivity that was left by the last Government. As a result, the number of people receiving incapacity benefit and a number of other benefits—including lone parents—is at its lowest for some two decades.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Unemployment Benefits: Croydon (16 May 2013)
Mark Hoban: Statistics on the number of people in Croydon North constituency who were receiving out-of-work benefits in November 2010, November 2011 and November 2012 by gender is shown in the following table. Number of out-of-work benefit claimants in Croydon North parliamentary constituency by statistical group and gender: November 2010, November 2011 and November 2012 Statistical group/gender...
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Incapacity Benefit: Bassetlaw (14 May 2013)
John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in receipt of incapacity benefit in Bassetlaw constituency have elected not to be reassessed for any successor benefit; and if he will make a statement.
- Health and Social Care (13 May 2013)
Sarah Champion: ...people being placed in unnecessarily stressful situations and left financially worse off by this Government’s reforms. Such cases already make up 10% of my overall case load. The abolition of incapacity benefit will soon be followed by the abolition of the disability living allowance and the introduction of personal independence payments, meaning that disabled people are being...
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Social Security Benefits: Bassetlaw (13 May 2013) See 1 other result from this answer
John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) employment and support allowance and (b) incapacity benefit claimants there are in Bassetlaw constituency.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Work Programme (13 May 2013) See 1 other result from this answer
Tom Greatrex: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many former incapacity benefit claimants have been helped into employment lasting more than six months as a result of the Work Programme in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) each local authority area in the latest period for which figures are available.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Housing Benefit (25 April 2013)
Fiona Mactaggart: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many recipients of housing benefit were also in receipt of severe disablement allowance in each of the last five years; (2) how many recipients of housing benefit were also in receipt of disability living allowance in each of the last five years; (3) how many recipients of housing benefit were also in receipt of carer's allowance...
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members' Business: Economic Initiatives and Sustainable Employment (23 April 2013) See 1 other result from this debate
Simon Hamilton: ...worse than ours. It is also worth pointing out that we should not always equate unemployment exclusively with a loss of jobs. If the Social Development Minister were here, I am sure that he would tell us that a lot of people who have registered for jobseeker's allowance have moved from other benefits, principally employment and support allowance, and incapacity benefit. It is...
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Incapacity Benefit: Peterborough (23 April 2013)
Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many individuals in Peterborough constituency previously in receipt of incapacity benefit have elected not to be reassessed for any successor benefit; and if he will make a statement.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Social Security Benefits: Bedfordshire (22 April 2013) See 1 other result from this answer
Andrew Selous: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) employment and support allowance and (b) incapacity benefit claimants there are in the South West Bedfordshire constituency.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Work Capability Assessment (17 April 2013) See 1 other result from this answer
John Pugh: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he has received reports that previous incapacity benefit recipients with advanced Parkinson's disease have been designated by Atos without examination as being potentially eligible for work and that, even when re-classified within the employment and support allowance support group, are being put on a three-year review.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Work Capability Assessment (17 April 2013)
Mark Hoban: ...ending February 2013 of claimants who have undergone a face to face assessment using LiMA in Wigan Medical Assessment Centre and Nationally. December 2012 January 2013 February 2013 Benefit type Wigan National Wigan National Wigan National Employment support allowance 434 38,330 521 46,339 350 46,811 Incapacity benefit reassessment 182 19,002 253...
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Work Programme (17 April 2013)
Mark Hoban: Employment and support allowance is a relatively new benefit, which was designed to help those people who had previously been parked on incapacity benefits, and essentially left without government support. The Department's previous attempt to help these claimants—Pathways to Work—was not successful. Both government and the welfare to work industry have more to learn in working...