Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit recipients had (a) Limited Capability for Work and (b) Limited Capability for Work-related Activity in each month since May 2016.
The table shows the number of Universal Credit (UC) claimants classified as having Limited Capability for Work (LCW), and those classified as having Limited Capability for Work Related Activity (LCWRA) across Great Britain on the second Thursday of each month from April 2019. The second Thursday of the month is used in the creation of our UC caseload information.
Prior to April 2019, some UC claims were recorded on an interim operational system called UC Live Service (UCLS). Figures for UCLS Health claimants are not currently collated and to develop that information would incur disproportionate cost.
These figures are rounded to the nearest 10 and produced using internal MI, are not quality assured to Official Statistics standards, and may be subject to revision.
| LIMITED CAPABILITY FOR WORK | LIMITED CAPABILITY FOR WORK RELATED ACTIVITIES |
Apr-19 | 59,010 | 146,960 |
May-19 | 63,520 | 157,010 |
Jun-19 | 69,520 | 172,770 |
Jul-19 | 75,850 | 186,610 |
Aug-19 | 81,240 | 202,910 |
Sep-19 | 86,480 | 231,250 |
Oct-19 | 89,600 | 247,570 |
Nov-19 | 91,410 | 262,400 |
Dec-19 | 92,940 | 288,750 |
Jan-20 | 94,180 | 303,710 |
Feb-20 | 114,580 | 332,250 |
Mar-20 | 125,780 | 363,350 |
Apr-20 | 143,800 | 381,840 |
May-20 | 146,640 | 392,710 |
Jun-20 | 147,540 | 402,390 |
Jul-20 | 147,670 | 411,820 |
Aug-20 | 146,960 | 426,340 |
Sep-20 | 139,260 | 438,880 |
Oct-20 | 139,230 | 454,100 |
Nov-20 | 140,780 | 476,790 |
Dec-20 | 146,940 | 490,880 |
Jan-21 | 153,100 | 512,890 |
Feb-21 | 157,270 | 529,760 |
Mar-21 | 162,350 | 549,790 |
Apr-21 | 167,540 | 571,950 |
May-21 | 172,930 | 596,960 |
Jun-21 | 177,390 | 618,750 |
Jul-21 | 180,820 | 637,230 |
Aug-21 | 187,290 | 660,670 |
Sep-21 | 191,590 | 676,860 |
Oct-21 | 198,540 | 703,950 |
Nov-21 | 203,050 | 723,170 |
Dec-21 | 207,900 | 743,720 |
Jan-22 | 212,780 | 765,430 |
Feb-22 | 219,010 | 789,470 |
Mar-22 | 224,070 | 814,420 |
Apr-22 | 231,200 | 846,370 |
May-22 | 235,060 | 865,500 |
Jun-22 | 241,290 | 894,900 |
Jul-22 | 248,390 | 925,280 |
Aug-22 | 253,150 | 946,380 |
Sep-22 | 258,460 | 969,970 |
Oct-22 | 264,640 | 997,080 |
Nov-22 | 270,540 | 1,022,540 |