Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 97225
Universal Credit: Appeals
Tabled: 4 December 2025
Answered: 18 December 2025
Question
Matt Vickers
Conservative — Stockton West
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of Universal Credit claimants awaiting mandatory reconsideration decisions as of the most recent month for which information is available.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsAs at end of October 2025, there were 61,000 outstanding mandatory reconsiderations (MR) for Universal Credit (UC). Notes: Each UC claim can have more than one reconsideration registered against it. The above includes all MRs.The data supplied is based on...
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