[nomadking]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

There have been thousands of deaths.

https://welfareweekly.com/dwp-forced...enefit-deaths/

If they have nothing to hide, why won't they collect and publish details of how these people died? Only one death due to the benefit reforms would be unacceptable.

Where are the figures for 2010 and before? They don't exist.

The shocking statistics reveal that 111,450 ESA claims were closed following the death of claimants between March 2014 to February 2017.

Of course the claims were closed, they had died. What is meant to be shocking about that?

The fact they they are on the DWP system as having died, PROVES they were receiving benefits at the time. They wouldn't have any record of it otherwise. Those 111,450 were receiving ESA at the time. Eg from your link, 82,680 were even in the support group. What is there to complain about?

You could just as easily argue those 111,450 died BECAUSE they received ESA.

You chose a ludicrous article. ALL of them were receiving benefits, and NONE of them had been denied benefits.
This is the question the DWP responded to.

“Can you please supply me with up to date Mortality Statistics for Employment and
Support Allowance (ESA), Incapacity Benefit (IB) and Severe Disablement Allowance (SDA) claimants from 2015-
2016/7.”