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Universal Credit: Work Capability Assessment

Asked by Rachael MaskellLabour (Co-op)Department for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 4 February 2026UIN 108677

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average end-to-end clearance time for a Universal Credit Work Capability Assessment was in each month since January 2025 for (a) new and (b) existing claimants.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

The department regularly publishes Universal Credit Work Capability Assessment statistics and the development of clearance times is detailed in the release strategy for those statistics. Further details on the future publication of clearance times will be published in the DWP Statistical Work Programme in due course.

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