Universal Credit: Work Capability Assessment

(asked on 10th January 2023) - View Source
Questioner
Karen Buck Portrait
Karen Buck
(Labour - Westminster North)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit recipients had (a) Limited Capability for Work and (b) Limited Capability for Work-related Activity in each month since May 2016.

Answered by
Tom Pursglove Portrait
Tom Pursglove
Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
This question was answered on 19th January 2023

The table shows the number of Universal Credit (UC) claimants classified as having Limited Capability for Work (LCW), and those classified as having Limited Capability for Work Related Activity (LCWRA) across Great Britain on the second Thursday of each month from April 2019. The second Thursday of the month is used in the creation of our UC caseload information.

Prior to April 2019, some UC claims were recorded on an interim operational system called UC Live Service (UCLS). Figures for UCLS Health claimants are not currently collated and to develop that information would incur disproportionate cost.

These figures are rounded to the nearest 10 and produced using internal MI, are not quality assured to Official Statistics standards, and may be subject to revision.

LIMITED CAPABILITY FOR WORK

LIMITED CAPABILITY FOR WORK RELATED ACTIVITIES

Apr-19

59,010

146,960

May-19

63,520

157,010

Jun-19

69,520

172,770

Jul-19

75,850

186,610

Aug-19

81,240

202,910

Sep-19

86,480

231,250

Oct-19

89,600

247,570

Nov-19

91,410

262,400

Dec-19

92,940

288,750

Jan-20

94,180

303,710

Feb-20

114,580

332,250

Mar-20

125,780

363,350

Apr-20

143,800

381,840

May-20

146,640

392,710

Jun-20

147,540

402,390

Jul-20

147,670

411,820

Aug-20

146,960

426,340

Sep-20

139,260

438,880

Oct-20

139,230

454,100

Nov-20

140,780

476,790

Dec-20

146,940

490,880

Jan-21

153,100

512,890

Feb-21

157,270

529,760

Mar-21

162,350

549,790

Apr-21

167,540

571,950

May-21

172,930

596,960

Jun-21

177,390

618,750

Jul-21

180,820

637,230

Aug-21

187,290

660,670

Sep-21

191,590

676,860

Oct-21

198,540

703,950

Nov-21

203,050

723,170

Dec-21

207,900

743,720

Jan-22

212,780

765,430

Feb-22

219,010

789,470

Mar-22

224,070

814,420

Apr-22

231,200

846,370

May-22

235,060

865,500

Jun-22

241,290

894,900

Jul-22

248,390

925,280

Aug-22

253,150

946,380

Sep-22

258,460

969,970

Oct-22

264,640

997,080

Nov-22

270,540

1,022,540

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