Universal Credit: Appeals
Commons · Question 97225 · Tabled 4 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Matt Vickers
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.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 18 Dec 2025
As at end of October 2025, there were 61,000 outstanding mandatory reconsiderations (MR) for Universal Credit (UC). Notes: Each UC claim can have more than one reconsideration registered against it. The above includes all MRs.The data supplied is based on...