Universal Credit: Mental Illness

(asked on 29th October 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the department's answer to questions 36174 and 33781, how many Universal Credit claimants with limited capability for work and work-related activity were reported as having the condition Mental Health Problem, and where Mental Health Problem was their only condition within the ICD10 group Mental and Behavioural Disorders (F00 - F99).


Answered by
Stephen Timms Portrait
Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government) (Equalities)
This question was answered on 3rd November 2026

Publicly available information on health conditions reported by Universal Credit claimants with limited capability for work and work-related activity is available here at: uc-health-tables.ods. UC Work Capability Assessment decisions by outcome and medical condition are in Table 5.

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