A small group of Labour MPS, including leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn, yesterday lodged an early day motion calling on the government to publish the employment and support allowance (ESA) death statistics.
The statistics detail how many claimants have died within six weeks of, for example, being placed in the work-related activity group of ESA.
The information commissioner has ordered the DWP to release the figures.
In addition, a petition on the change.org website calling for the publication of the figures has received over a quarter of a million signatures.
There are fears that the DWP now plan to release Age Standardised Mortality Rate (ASMR) figures that would not allow a direct comparison of deaths over time.
The early day motion cannot compel the government to do anything, but it does continue to keep the pressure on them...
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