Question follow-through · 98653
Employment and Support Allowance: Multiple Sclerosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with multiple sclerosis on contributory Employment and Support Allowance are in the (i) Support Group and (ii) Work-Related Activity Group.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 9 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 6 Jan 2026 · 28 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with multiple sclerosis on contributory Employment and Support Allowance are in the (i) Support Group and (ii) Work-Related Activity Group.
16 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Jan 2026
Answer published
The following table shows the volume of people with multiple sclerosis as their primary condition who were claiming contributory Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) by Work Related Activity Group (WRAG) and Support Group (SG) in May 2025. VolumeWRAG.....
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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