Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2022 to Question 74764, what data his Department holds on how many and what proportion of applicants for Universal Credit declared a disability when making their claim.

Under Universal Credit if a claimant has a health condition that they wish to tell the Department about, the claimant is prompted to record this in a free-text field during the original application process or as a change of circumstances during an ongoing claim. Health information is used to provide a tailored approach to support the claimant. The Department does then centrally record this information.