Jim Cunningham – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-02-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of work capability assessments conducted in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

Priti Patel

The cost of work capability assessments in the last five years were:

April 2010 – March 2011 – £112.8m

April 2011 – March 2012 – £112.4m

April 2012 – March 2013 – £114.3m

April 2013 – March 2014 – £57.3m

April 2014 – March 2015 – £82m