Statistics On Deaths Of Incapacity Benefit And Employment And Support Allowance Claimants

EDM number 285 in 2015-16, proposed by Marie Rimmer on 13/07/2015.
Categorised under the topics of Death, Sickness, disability and carers' benefits and Statistics policy.

That this House notes that on 30 April 2015 the Information Commission took a decision that the Government must disclose the number of incapacity benefit and employment and support allowance claimants who have died since November 2011 until May 2014 within 35 calendar days; acknowledges the petition signed by over 230,000 members of the public calling for this data to be released; further notes that even though the 35 day deadline has passed this data has not been released; has concerns that the data released may be a standardised figure rather than a full picture; and therefore calls on the Government to ensure the release of this data in full and without further delay.

This motion has been signed by a total of 121 MPs.