Thousands of dependent on benefits

April 21, 2011 last updated at 00: 43 GMT activists say less than 10% the problem drinkers get more than 80,000 people claim any form of treatment disability benefits because they are addicted to alcohol and drugs or obese, according to Government pay.

The Department for work and pensions, the UK would like to check 2 m plaintiffs, said that ten years not more than a quarter of the 80,000 had worked.

People do not "on welfare caught must receive", said Minister.

Campaigners on whether she said "serious doubts" were there to help enough support people into work.

The figures published by the DWP are a snapshot of the incapacity for work use plaintiffs in August 2010.

Since February of this year, no new claims have been accepted and the Government wants all current inability use plaintiffs until 2014 revaluation.

Pilot projects have can already took place in several areas of the United Kingdom to determine whether people are fit works immediately, whether they to work with the right support, or whether they require constant care begin the process of the search and are no longer working.

'Caught'

As part of this process, the Government has released details of the 81,670 people, which it says use incompetence and as a result of alcohol, drugs and obesity claim his successor, employment and support allowance - problems.

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Chris Grayling quote end employment minister like in August of last year there were 42,360 plaintiff with Alkoholabhaengigkeit37", 480 with drug addiction and 1,800 fight against obesity, officials said.

The DWP figures show, that 12,800 alcoholics and drug users 9.200 have the advantage for more than a decade, and about 600 people considered obese has been claimed.

Labor Minister Chris Grayling said the problem be addressed, had both in the interests of the people with such illnesses and society as a whole.

"It is not fair to everyone for this situation continue," he said. "The safety net it should be, it has thousands of people in a cycle use searches and welfare dependency with no chance of ever again work caught."

"We have already begun by review of social any inability to use and support people with searches to help them to work."

Minister started, what it has been said the largest back-to-work program in the modern history earlier this month as part of a root radical reform of the welfare that work is worth and use simplification of the system designed.

Activists for those with alcohol problems said they welcomed the intention of the Government, people drink alcohol give up and returned to help the labour market.

"Safety net"

However, you said, there was a real danger, that benefits remove from vulnerable people could make worse their situation.

"We have again serious doubts whether the DWP are investments in the infrastructure to support dependent drinkers in work and it will invoice, only to the welfare benefits cut required," said Don Shenker, Chief Executive of alcohol concern.

"Welfare use consultants were not very good in the past to support access to treatment and support and it dependent drinkers is a huge lack of treatment facilities support dependent drinkers."

Mr Shenker said reformed alcoholics encouraged, in the first place, it should be to find voluntary work. While some appear physically able, he said, to work, with psychological dependency on alcohol find this may be difficult and sympathy would be something goes wrong not all employers for their past.

"Cut benefits for problem drinkers the State simply costs is more in the long term as problem drinkers get more desperate, homeless and begging for money," he added. "It would be better and cheaper to support benefits when removes this safety net."

Labour said the Government economic policy nonsensical cuts was, as you push the advantages up Bill of ￡ 12bn would expenditure and increase unemployment level.

"The real problem now is to wide the Tories decision and too quickly resulted that unemployment is set to increase every year," said shadow work and Pensions Secretary Liam Byrne. "Chasing every job now with five people, more jobs control we need people from benefits and pay is."

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