Speeches

Roger Godsiff – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Roger Godsiff on 2016-01-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many completed repeat assessments there have been of people with Parkinson’s disease by year of repeat assessment, since the introduction of employment and support allowance in 2008.

Priti Patel

The information available is shown in the table below. Repeat assessments are conducted to ensure that individuals receive the right level of support.

Calendar years:

Cystic Fibrosis

Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Parkinson’s Disease

Multiple Sclerosis

Other Rheumatoid Arthritis

Oct-08 to Dec-08

Jan-09 to Dec-09

Jan-10 to Dec-10

100

700

600

Jan-11 to Dec-11

100

100

300

1,500

1,500

Jan-12 to Dec-12

200

100

500

2,900

2,500

Jan-13 to Dec-13

100

100

400

2,400

2,500

Jan-14 to Dec-14

100

300

1,900

2,100

Jan-15 to June-15

300

300