Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 63563

Universal Credit: Health

Tabled: 30 June 2025
Answered: 3 July 2025
Named Day

Question

Grahame Morris

LabourEasington

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will clarify whether people in receipt of legacy benefits who are migrated to Universal Credit through the managed migration process will be treated as new claimants for the purposes of the healt

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The Department plans to complete migration of ESA claimants to UC by March 2026. As part of this ESA claimants will be migrated to the UC Health Element. To protect any claimants who have not migrated by April 2026 we intend to mirror as closely as possib...

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