Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is on advising claimants who are appealing decisions on employment support allowance whether to apply for universal credit.

Following a decision that an Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimant is found well enough for work and is therefore no longer entitled to ESA, the Department provides information on what benefits might instead be available to them. If a claimant lives in an area where Universal Credit has fully rolled out, they will be informed that they can claim Universal Credit, including whilst making an appeal to the original decision.