Universal Credit: Work Capability Assessment

(asked on 21st September 2022) - 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 5 September 2022 to Question 40729 on Universal Credit: Work Capability Assessment, what the aggregate outcomes of Work Capability Assessments for people claiming Universal Credit were in each of the most recent 12 months for which data is available.


Answered by
Claire Coutinho Portrait
Claire Coutinho
Shadow Minister (Equalities)
This question was answered on 11th October 2022

The table below shows the latest Universal Credit Work Capability Assessment decisions recorded between July 2021 and June 2022 by the month the decision was recorded on the Universal Credit System across GBR.

NO LIMITED CAPABILITY FOR WORK

LIMITED CAPABILITY FOR WORK

LIMITED CAPABILITY FOR WORK RELATED ACTIVITIES

Jul-21

11,600

9,200

30,000

Aug-21

9,600

7,600

22,900

Sep-21

11,200

8,800

29,200

Oct-21

10,700

9,200

30,300

Nov-21

4,700

8,200

28,200

Dec-21

4,800

7,700

28,300

Jan-22

9,300

10,200

32,100

Feb-22

12,300

9,400

33,900

Mar-22

15,800

11,100

39,300

Apr-22

11,400

8,300

29,300

May-22

8,400

10,700

39,300

Jun-22

10,100

10,600

36,200

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