ESA and Incapacity benefit statistics
A summary of statistics relating to Employment and Support Allowance and other incapacity-related benefits.
Sickness, disability and carers' benefitsWorking age benefits
Briefing
This note presents a summary of statistics on Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and its predecessors.
In November 2011, there were 2.7 million working-age claimants of ESA or other incapacity benefits in the UK – this represents 6.7% of the population aged 16 to 64.
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