Employment and Support Allowance: Work Capability Assessment

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Previous publications

Pre-April 2013 Employment and Support Allowance - Incapacity Benefits Reassessment: Work Capability Assessments

ESA-WCA including WCA by Health Condition and Function

• ESA: Work Capability Assessment Statistical Release January 2013 
• ESA: Work Capability Assessment Statistical Release January 2013 - Tables  
• ESA: Work Capability Assessment Statistical Release October 2012 
• ESA: Work Capability Assessment Statistical Release October 2012 - Tables  
• ESA: Work Capability Assessment Statistical Release July 2012 
• ESA: Work Capability Assessment Statistical Release July 2012 - Tables  
• ESA: Work Capability Assessment Statistical Release April 2012 
• ESA: Work Capability Assessment Statistical Release April 2012 - Tables  
• ESA: Work Capability Assessment Statistical Release January 2012 
• ESA: Work Capability Assessment Statistical Release January 2012 - Tables  
• ESA: Work Capability Assessment Statistical Release October 2011 
• ESA: Work Capability Assessment Statistical Release October 2011 - Tables  
• ESA: Work Capability Assessment Statistical Release July 2011 
• ESA: Work Capability Assessment Statistical Release July 2011 - Tables  
• ESA: Work Capability Assessment Statistical Release April 2011 
• ESA: Work Capability Assessment Statistical Release January 2011 
• ESA: Work Capability Assessment Statistical Release October 2010 

ESA-WCA Publications:

• ESA: Work Capability Assessment Statistical Release July 2010 
• ESA: Work Capability Assessment Statistical Release April 2010 
• ESA: Work Capability Assessment Statistical Release January 2010 
• ESA: Work Capability Assessment Statistical Release October 2009 

Supplement to WCA Publications - WCA by Health Condition and Function:

• WCA by Health Condition and Function - August 2010 

The department has also published separate statistics that give information on the ESA caseload (ie the number of people claiming ESA) and the number of ESA on-flows (ie new claims over a period of time) with various breakdowns such as age and gender. The figures include breakdowns by health condition, further details of this can be found here