Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many people who receive (1) the employment and support allowance, or (2) Universal Credit, are treated as having limited capability for work and work-related activity without scoring points under the Work Capability Assessment, broken down by gender.

The specific information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

Statistics on Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) Work Capability Assessment decisions, including reason for support group allocation, are published on Stat-Xplore in the section ‘ESA Work Capability Assessments’.

Statistics on Universal Credit Health caseload, including an identifier for terminally ill claimants, are published on Stat-Xplore in the section ‘Universal Credit Work Capability Assessments’.

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