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Here’s the list of the MP’s who signed Early Day Motion (EDM) 285 along with an update from Mike Sivier who made the original Freedom of Information request for the benefit death statistics.

That this House notes that on 30 April 2015 the Information Commission took a decision that the Government must disclose the number of incapacity benefit and employment and support allowance claimants who have died since November 2011 until May 2014 within 35 calendar days; acknowledges the petition signed by over 230,000 members of the public calling for this data to be released; further notes that even though the 35 day deadline has passed this data has not been released; has concerns that the data released may be a standardised figure rather than a full picture; and therefore calls on the Government to ensure the release of this data in full and without further delay.

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Name	Party	Constituency	Date Signed
Anderson, David	Labour Party	Blaydon	14.07.2015
Blackford, Ian	Scottish National Party	Ross Skye and Lochaber	14.07.2015
Boswell, Phil	Scottish National Party	Coatbridge Chryston and Bellshill	16.07.2015
Burgon, Richard	Labour Party	Leeds East	15.07.2015
Campbell, Ronnie	Labour Party	Blyth Valley	15.07.2015
Corbyn, Jeremy	Labour Party	Islington North	13.07.2015
Cunningham, Jim	Labour Party	Coventry South	16.07.2015
Day, Martyn	Scottish National Party	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	14.07.2015
Donaldson, Stuart	Scottish National Party	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	15.07.2015
Dowd, Peter	Labour Party	Bootle	14.07.2015
Durkan, Mark	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Foyle	13.07.2015
Esterson, Bill	Labour Party	Sefton Central	16.07.2015
Flello, Robert	Labour Party	Stoke-on-Trent South	16.07.2015
Flynn, Paul	Labour Party	Newport West	15.07.2015
Gapes, Mike	Labour Party	Ilford South	14.07.2015
Gethins, Stephen	Scottish National Party	North East Fife	16.07.2015
Gibson, Patricia	Scottish National Party	North Ayrshire and Arran	15.07.2015
Glindon, Mary	Labour Party	North Tyneside	16.07.2015
Grady, Patrick	Scottish National Party	Glasgow North	15.07.2015
Gray, Neil	Scottish National Party	Airdrie and Shotts	16.07.2015
Harpham, Harry	Labour Party	Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough	15.07.2015
Harris, Carolyn	Labour Party	Swansea East	15.07.2015
Hayman, Sue	Labour Party	Workington	15.07.2015
Hendry, Drew	Scottish National Party	Inverness Nairn Badenoch and Strathspey	14.07.2015
Hermon, Lady	INDEPENDENT	North Down	14.07.2015
Hopkins, Kelvin	Labour Party	Luton North	15.07.2015
Howarth, George	Labour Party	Knowsley	14.07.2015
Jones, Gerald	Labour Party	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	15.07.2015
Kerevan, George	Scottish National Party	East Lothian	14.07.2015
Kerr, Calum	Scottish National Party	Berwickshire Roxburgh and Selkirk	16.07.2015
Law, Chris	Scottish National Party	Dundee West	16.07.2015
Lewis, Clive	Labour Party	Norwich South	16.07.2015
Long Bailey, Rebecca	Labour Party	Salford and Eccles	15.07.2015
Marsden, Gordon	Labour Party	Blackpool South	15.07.2015
Matheson, Chris	Labour Party	City of Chester	16.07.2015
McDonald, Stewart	Scottish National Party	Glasgow South	16.07.2015
McDonald, Stuart	Scottish National Party	Cumbernauld Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East	15.07.2015
McDonnell, John	Labour Party	Hayes and Harlington	14.07.2015
McInnes, Liz	Labour Party	Heywood and Middleton	16.07.2015
Meale, Alan	Labour Party	Mansfield	13.07.2015
Mearns, Ian	Labour Party	Gateshead	14.07.2015
Monaghan, Carol	Scottish National Party	Glasgow North West	16.07.2015
Monaghan, Paul	Scottish National Party	Caithness Sutherland and Easter Ross	14.07.2015
Morris, Grahame M	Labour Party	Easington	15.07.2015
O’Hara, Brendan	Scottish National Party	Argyll and Bute	15.07.2015
Oswald, Kirsten	Scottish National Party	East Renfrewshire	15.07.2015
Pearce, Teresa	Labour Party	Erith and Thamesmead	16.07.2015
Rees, Christina	Labour Party	Neath	15.07.2015
Rimmer, Marie	Labour Party	St Helens South and Whiston	13.07.2015
Ritchie, Margaret	Social Democratic and Labour Party	South Down	13.07.2015
Saville Roberts, Liz	Plaid Cymru	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	14.07.2015
Shannon, Jim	Democratic Unionist Party	Strangford	14.07.2015
Sharma, Virendra	Labour Party	Ealing Southall	14.07.2015
Skinner, Dennis	Labour Party	Bolsover	14.07.2015
Smith, Catherine	Labour Party	Lancaster and Fleetwood	14.07.2015
Smith, Jeff	Labour Party	Manchester Withington	15.07.2015
Stephens, Christopher	Scottish National Party	Glasgow South West	14.07.2015
Stevens, Jo	Labour Party	Cardiff Central	15.07.2015
Thomson, Michelle	Scottish National Party	Edinburgh West	16.07.2015
Weir, Mike	Scottish National Party	Angus	14.07.2015
West, Catherine	Labour Party	Hornsey and Wood Green	15.07.2015
Whiteford, Eilidh	Scottish National Party	Banff and Buchan	14.07.2015
Wilson, Corri	Scottish National Party	Ayr Carrick and Cumnock	15.07.2015

The Merseyside MP’s early day motion may prove an embarrassment for the government as 47 Labour, SNP, SDLP, Plaid Cymru, DUP and independent MPs have now signed it.

This level of cross-party backbench support for the motion is unusually high, with only around 1 in 10 early day motions normally gathering 50 signatures or more.

Marie Rimmer, who only joined the Commons in May 2015, said: “Almost three weeks ago, the Prime Minister assured me that the Government would release the data regarding the deaths of those found fit for work by face-to-face assessments.

“Despite these assurances and my letter to him on the 26th June, there is still no indication of when these statistics will be released.

“The Information Commissioner ruled in April that these statistics must be released. It is disgraceful that the Government continues to fail to follow those instructions.

“I will continue to press for the public’s right to have an answer and disclosure on this important matter.”

A spokesman for the Department for Work and Pensions said: “The government intends to publish the statistics, but before doing so they need to meet the high standards expected by the UK Statistics Authority.”

Read the rest of the article by Mike Sivier here:

http://voxpoliticalonline.com/2015/07/17/merseyside-mp-renews-pressure-to-reveal-death-toll-after-fit-for-work-tests/