Jeremy Lefroy – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jeremy Lefroy on 2015-11-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2015 to Question 10742, what proportion of people in the work-related activity group of employment and support allowance are also in receipt of personal independence payment.

Priti Patel

In May 2015, about 48% of the 460,000 claimants in the work-related activity group receive both ESA and PIP/DLA.