Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 11 June 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many applications for employment and support allowance have come to a final outcome inclusive of results of the appeals process; and how many of these outcomes were the same as the initial Atos decision at the work capability assessment.
The Department regularly publishes official statistics on employment and support allowance (ESA) and the work capability assessment (WCA). The latest report was published in April 2012 and can be found on the internet at:
http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/workingage/index.php?page=esa_wca
Table 4 of the publication mentioned above shows that to date there were 1,116,800 initial functional assessments with an outcome, adjusted to account for outcomes after appeals. Please note that the Department only holds information on appeals once they have been heard by HM Courts and Tribunals Service. Therefore the number above includes claims where the appeals process is still ongoing.
Statistics that compare Atos recommendations with final outcomes, adjusted to account for outcomes after appeals, have not previously been published as official statistics. We will consider whether to include the statistics requested in part of an upcoming statistics release in line with the Code of Practice on Official Statistics.
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