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Employment support allowance: work capability assessment statistical release (January 2010)

The latest employment support allowance (ESA) figures provide further evidence that ESA is a difficult benefit to claim.

There were 102,500 completed Work Capability Assessments from September 2009 to November 2009. Of these assessments:

• 9 per cent have been assessed as Support Group
• 23 per cent have been assessed as Work Related Activity
• 68 per cent have been deemed Fit for Work

Unlike incapacity benefit, only a low percentage of these fit for work decisions are overturned on appeal.

You can view the report from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) website link below.

More information

• dwp website

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