Question follow-through · 7455
Sickness Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are in receipt of a sickness benefit.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 7 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 14 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Social security and pensions
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- Pension Credit · 11 Nov 2024
- Pensioners: Social Security Benefits · 19 Nov 2024
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Recorded timeline
7 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are in receipt of a sickness benefit.
9 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Oct 2024
Answer published
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 (...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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