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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
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The data does not contain a breakdown of how the people died.
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The figures said 2,017,070 people were given a decision following their WCA between May 2010 and February 2013, with 40,680 dying within a year of that decision.
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For the umpteenth time, anything that happens close to the changeover has nothing to do with the government that takes over. No new rules were in place until 28th of March the following year. Any new rules wouldn't have applied to anyone applying before 28th March 2011. The new rules were mostly, if not all, suggested under Labour, eg use of of wheelchair only giving 9 points rather than 15.
7,540 people died in the assessment phase, compared to 2,380 who died after found "fit for work". Those in the "fit for work" group will still have had the reconsideration and appeals phases to go, and would've
still been receiving ESA all that time. Even then they were ALL still receiving ESA or JSA, otherwise the DWP wouldn't know about them, and wouldn't be included in that figure. As the numbers of people that
didn't die aren't included, it's impossible to assess the comparative mortality rates. Even more so when the pre-2010 figures are not there, and conveniently not asked for in the first place.
BUNCH OF MEANINGLESS FIGURES FROM 4 YEARS AGO.
Still nowhere near the claimed figures of 100,000+ deaths.