Universal Credit: Medical Examinations
Commons · Question 61270 · Tabled 19 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Steve Darling
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who are (a) incapable of ever working and (b) will no longer have Universal Credit reassessments.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 24 Jun 2025
The Department for Work and Pensions has not made a formal estimate of the number of people who are incapable of ever working. However, we recognise that a proportion of claimants receiving health-related benefits have severe or lifelong conditions that s...