Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 108677

Universal Credit: Work Capability Assessment

Tabled: 27 January 2026
Answered: 4 February 2026
Named Day

Question

Rachael Maskell

Labour (Co-op)York Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average end-to-end clearance time for a Universal Credit Work Capability Assessment was in each month since January 2025 for (a) new and (b) existing claimants.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The department regularly publishes Universal Credit Work Capability Assessment statistics and the development of clearance times is detailed in the release strategy for those statistics. Further details on the future publication of clearance times will be...

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