Universal Credit: Work Capability Assessment
Commons · Question 108677 · Tabled 27 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Rachael Maskell
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.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 4 Feb 2026
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...