CAB enquiries still increasing; disability benefits and urgent debts show biggest surge
Citizens Advice Bureaux across England and Wales dealt with 6% more benefits problems during the three months April-June 2010, then they did in the same period last year. New figures show that in Q1 of this financial year (2010/11) the overall rise in welfare benefits enquiries was mainly due to large increases in advice on sickness and disability related benefits: · Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) rose 77%(from 25,528 problems in Q1 09/10 to 45,257 in Q1 10/11) · Carers Allowance rose 17%(from 11,558 problems in Q1 09/10 to 13,488 in Q1 10/11) · Disability Living