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Universal Credit: Appeals

Asked by Matt VickersConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 18 December 2025UIN 97225

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of Universal Credit claimants awaiting mandatory reconsideration decisions as of the most recent month for which information is available.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

As at end of October 2025, there were 61,000 outstanding mandatory reconsiderations (MR) for Universal Credit (UC).

Notes:

  1. Each UC claim can have more than one reconsideration registered against it. The above includes all MRs.
  2. The data supplied is based on bespoke analysis of departmental datasets, and has not been certified as National Statistics or Official Statistics.

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