Written questions

Employment and Support Allowance

2026-05-17 · Department for Work and Pensions · HL209 · Official question

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government how many people in the past year were considered as having (1) limited capability for work, or (2) limited capacity for work and work-related activity due to pregnancy risks, broken down by whether they received (a) New Sty

Answer

The requested information for Universal Credit (UC) and New Style Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) is provided in the table below. Please note that Pregnancy risk cases are only recorded for Work Capability Assessment (WCA) decisions for limited cap...