PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Employment and Support Allowance (26 June 2014)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2014, Official Report, columns 345-6W, on employment and support allowance, how many claimants in the WRAG with a prognosis of two years or more who made (a) a new claim - initial assessment and (b) a new claim - repeat assessment were judged that return to work was unlikely in the longer term.

Asked by:
Sir Stephen Timms (Labour)

The figures requested are the same as those referred to in the Answer of 16 June 2014, Official Report, columns 345-6W, on employment and support allowance. A prognosis of two years or more is defined as unlikely in the longer term.

The prognoses available to the healthcare professional are:

- 3 months

- 6 months

- 12 months

- 18 months

- Within 2 years

- In the longer term

Answered by:
Sir Mike Penning (Conservative)
1 July 2014