Question follow-through · 6274
Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of incapacity benefit claimants receiving (a) Universal Credit Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity element and (b) Employment and Support Allowance are parents of d
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 4 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 9 Oct 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of incapacity benefit claimants receiving (a) Universal Credit Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity element and (b) Employment and Support Allowance are parents of d
9 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Oct 2024
Answer published
a) For UC, the Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity (LCWRA) and Disabled Child Entitlement breakdowns are currently temporarily unavailable on Stat-Xplore as part of the Households on Universal Credit dataset. Work is being carried out to resolve ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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