Unemployment Benefits

Mr. Harper
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate her Department has made of the number of its new customers who will be assessed using the work capability assessment; and how many and what proportion of these customers are expected to flow onto (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) employment and support allowance (ESA) work related activity group and (c) ESA support group in each month to March 2012.

Jonathan Shaw
[holding answer 20 July 2009]: Information on the Work Capability Assessment for Employment and Support Allowance is due for publication on 13 October.