PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Employment and Support Allowance (17 July 2014)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost of processing employment and support allowance claims has been in each year since 2008.

Asked by:
Sir Stephen Timms (Labour)

Answer

Please see table below:

Unit Costs

08/09

09/10

10/11

11/12

12/13

13/14

ESA New Claims

£46.30

£40.99

£26.14

£22.41

£25.47

£25.09

This is the End of Year average Unit Cost for ESA New Claims.

ESA started from October 2008


Answered by:
Mr Mark Harper (Conservative)
22 July 2014

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