Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 7455

Sickness Benefits

Tabled: 7 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are in receipt of a sickness benefit.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
People ‘in receipt of a sickness benefits’ have been assumed to be those in the main phase of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and the Universal Credit (UC) Limited Capability to Work (LCW) and Limited capability for work and work-related activity (...
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