Paul Burstow
Liberal Democrat, Sutton and Cheam
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people previously in receipt of incapacity benefit have been placed in the employment and support allowance work-related activity group without being seen by an assessor.
Mark Hoban
The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions
The information is as follows:
| Incapacity benefits reassessments—outcomes for paper based assessments, Great Britain (IB claimants referred for reassessment between September 2011 and November 2012) | |
| Month of referral for reassessment | WRAG outcomes |
| September 2011 | 9,700 |
| October 2011 | 10,000 |
| November 2011 | 10,400 |
| December 2011 | 10,200 |
| January 2012 | 9,100 |
| February 2012 | 8,400 |
| March 2012 | 8,800 |
| April 2012 | 9,100 |
| May 2012 | 9,900 |
| June 2012 | 9,100 |
| July 2012 | 10,600 |
| August 2012 | 10,100 |
| September 2012 | 9,200 |
| October 2012 | 10,500 |
| November 2012 | 10,300 |
| Total | 145,300 |
| Notes: 1. All figures are rounded to the nearest 100. Hence totals may not sum exactly. 2. A small number of cases where the data is inconsistent with the policy have been excluded from this table. 3. When someone claiming incapacity benefits is reassessed for ESA, they will only have to undergo a face-to-face work capability assessment (WCA) if there is insufficient evidence for a paper-based WCA to be carried out. Source: The figures are derived from administrative data held by the Department for Work and Pensions and assessment data provided by Atos Healthcare. | |
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