Work Capability Assessment
(asked on 9th February 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2023 to Question 140261 on Work Capability Assessments, what that data is for the sixth of each month from March 2022 to January 2023.
For the purposes of this response, we have interpreted your question as asking for the number of outstanding Work Capability Assessments for both Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit, that are reassessment cases, as opposed to new claims.
The table below shows the number of reassessment cases that were with the assessment provider (AP), and awaiting action, on the sixth of each month from March 2022 to January 2023.
Month | Number of reassessment cases |
Mar 22 | 39,000 |
Apr 22 | 37,000 |
May 22 | 35,000 |
Jun 22 | 35,000 |
Jul 22 | 35,000 |
Aug 22 | 34,000 |
Sep 22 | 34,000 |
Oct 22 | 35,000 |
Nov 22 | 35,000 |
Dec 22 | 33,000 |
Jan 23 | 33,000 |
Please note
- All volumes have been rounded to the nearest 1,000;
- All the above data is derived from contractual management information produced by the assessment providers; and
- The above data is derived from unpublished management information which is collected for internal departmental use only and has not been quality assured to Official Statistics Publication standards.