Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of appeals against work capability assessments were upheld in the last calendar year.

Table 17 of the publication “ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments including mandatory reconsiderations and appeals: June 2018” provides statistics on appeal outcomes for ESA WCA decisions, by period of claim start, from October 2013 up to September 2017, a copy of which can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-june-2018