AFTER securing David Cameron's agreement to reveal the number of people who have died after being declared 'fit for work', MP Marie Rimmer is seeking a timeline for the release of the information.

The MP for St Helens South and Whiston wrote to the PM on Thursday (June 25) asking when the figures would be published.

In her letter, Marie Rimmer says that the information should have been released three weeks ago and urges the Prime Minister to ensure the information is "published without further delay".

She also asks him to ensure that the information released is "unedited" and provides "the full facts" held about the deaths "in order to ensure complete transparency on this matter".

Marie Rimmer said: "I am very grateful to the Prime Minister for the assurances that he provided in Parliament on transparency with regard to this data. However, no timescale has yet been offered as to when the data will be released.

"That is why I have now written to him to seek urgent clarification on when this will happen and also seek his assurance that there will be full disclosure of the data.

"This matter of serious public concern, as evidenced by the 225,000 plus people who have signed an online petition, deserves a prompt and transparent response from the Government."

On June 23, after pressing work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith on the matter, Marie Rimmer raised a point of order with the speaker of the House of Commons regarding the Government's refusal to follow the instructions of the Information Commissioner to release this data.

She said she had asked Duncan Smith to comply with the instructions but added he failed to provide an answer.

She said: "Instead of answering the question, the Secretary of State launched into bizarre allegations about MPs who had raised this issue with him.

"It is unacceptable that the minister feels he can refuse to ignore the instruction of the Information Commissioner and instead attack MPs who attempt to carry out their duty of holding him to account.

"His continued refusal to publish this information suggests the Government has something to hide."

The following day (June 24), during Prime Minister's Questions, she raised the matter directly with the PM, resulting in his assurance the data would be released.