Results from the Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study are now available; the full spreadsheet is in a table. This shows the length of time of claims of different benefits for people of working age. The key figures are:
| All claimants | 1 year or less | 10 years or more | |
| All | 4,744,510 | 1,770,930 | 1,019,620 |
| JSA | 1,328,910 | 1,111,110 | 1,050 |
| ESA and incapacity benefits | 2,586,420 | 421,790 | 922,930 |
| Lone Parents | 648,300 | 171,370 | 65,910 |
| Carer | 110,490 | 26,500 | 23,130 |
| Others on income related benefit | 70,390 | 40,150 | 6,600 |
Most claimants claim for less than two years. About a fifth of working age claimants are there for the very long term and about 90% of them are on incapacity benefits, which includes long term chronic disability. There is very little evidence of longer-term dependency if that group is excluded – there are very few long term claimants who are not incapacitated. There is no support in these figures, then, for the idea that people are being trapped in long term dependency by lack of incentives.