Universal Credit: Disability
Commons · Question 68243 · Tabled 15 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Amanda Martin
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether claimants with disabilities who are in receipt of the Personal Independence Payment and legacy work-related benefits will be treated as new claimants for the purposes of the proposed changes to
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 22 Jul 2025
The Department plans to complete migration of ESA claimants to UC by March 2026. As part of this ESA claimants will be migrated to the UC Health Element. To protect any claimants who have not migrated by April 2026 we intend to mirror as closely as possib...