Universal Credit
(asked on 20th November 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant the Answer of 14 September 2018 to Question 171353; how many universal credit claims were determined on the scrutiny of written information alone in each of the last five years.
This question was answered on 23rd November 2018
The number of Universal Credit claims determined on the scrutiny of written information alone, known as a Work Capability Paper Based Assessment (PBA), is outlined in the table below:
Year | Total PBA |
April 2013 - March2014 | 17 |
April 2014 – March 2015 | 135 |
April 2015 – March 2016 | 503 |
April 2016 – March 2017 | 1,743 |
April 2017 – March 2018 | 10,222 |