Universal Credit: Work Capability Assessment
(asked on 20th July 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Work Capability Assessments were carried out for people applying for Universal Credit in each of the most recent 12 months for which data is available.
This question was answered on 5th September 2022
The volume of Work Capability Assessments (WCA) carried out in relation to Universal Credit (UC) claims between March 2021 and February 2022 is as follows:
| Mar 21 | Apr 21 | May 21 | Jun 21 | Jul 21 | Aug 21 |
UC WCA | 44,000 | 40,000 | 37,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 39,000 |
| Sep 21 | Oct 21 | Nov 21 | Dec 21 | Jan 22 | Feb 22 |
UC WCA | 39,000 | 36,000 | 41,000 | 37,000 | 46,000 | 44,000 |
Please note
- All volumes have been rounded to the nearest 1,000
- The above data is derived from unpublished management information which is collected for internal departmental use only and has not been quality assured to Official Statistics Publication standards