Official Statistics

Employment and Support Allowance: statistics on incapacity benefits by regions and local authorities

A further breakdown of data published about the reassessment of incapacity benefits in March 2012.

Documents

Information about the data release

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Tables

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Details

On 15 March 2012 we published information on incapacity benefits reassessments on a national level for the first time. The report published in March presents information on the reassessment of incapacity benefits claimants for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) for claims that were referred for reassessment before the end of July 2011.

The analysis provided in this publication and the associated tables shows a breakdown by government office region and local authority of the data underlying the report mentioned above. The geographic breakdown is provided for all incapacity benefits claimants that were referred for reassessment before the end of July 2011. Decisions made on these claims up until February 2012 are included in these statistics.

Published 20 April 2012