Employment and Support Allowance: Brighton

Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 11 September 2018.

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Photo of Caroline Lucas Caroline Lucas Co-Leader of the Green Party

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 12 October 2011 to Question 72238, on Employment and Support Allowance: Brighton, if he will update tables 1 and 2 with figures for the most recent period available.

Photo of Sarah Newton Sarah Newton The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions

Information on Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claims where claimants have been assessed to be fit for work across geographical areas is published and can be found at.

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/.

Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:

https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html

DWP statisticians are currently developing the ESA-Work Capability Assessment (WCA) National Statistics to include appeals information by geographical areas. When this information is considered accurate and fit for purpose we will preannounce on the ESA-WCA collection page:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-and-support-allowance-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessment

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