Question follow-through · 31551
Sickness Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people waiting for elective treatment are claiming sickness benefits.
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
- 13 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 24 Feb 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
13 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people waiting for elective treatment are claiming sickness benefits.
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Feb 2025
Answer published
The information requested is not held by the Department. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) plans to link NHS waiting times data to Census, DWP Benefits and HMRC PAYE records to analyse the relationship between waiting time duration (for various hea...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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