Employment and Support Allowance: Wales

Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 18 December 2014.

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Photo of Susan Elan Jones Susan Elan Jones Opposition Whip (Commons)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are waiting for an employment and support allowance (ESA) assessment in Wrexham and Denbighshire; and how many such people are (a) new claimants and (b) existing ESA recipients.

Photo of Mark Harper Mark Harper Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) (Disabled People)

The information requested on the number of people waiting for an Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) work capability assessment in Wrexham and Denbighshire Local Authorities is shown in the table below.

Number of people whose ESA functional assessment has not yet been completed for initial and repeat assessments in Wrexham and Denbighshire Local Authorities: October 2008 to March 2014.

Initial assessments

Repeat assessments

Denbighshire

700

200

Wrexham

800

200

Source: Data in the tables above is derived from administrative data held by the DWP and assessment data provided by Atos Healthcare.

Notes:

  1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 100.
  2. Data is given up to March 2014, which is the latest data available.

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