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Work Capability Assessment

Asked by Steve DarlingLiberal DemocratDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 17 December 2024UIN 18711

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of mandatory reconsiderations of work capability assessment decisions have resulted in a different decision in each of the last three years.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

Statistics on mandatory reconsiderations of work capability assessment decisions for Employment and Support Allowance can be found at https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/.

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Statistics on mandatory reconsiderations of work capability assessment decisions for Universal Credit Work Capability Assessments are not available, but are in phase 3 of the proposed development timeline of those statistics, so are expected to be published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.

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