Official Statistics

Universal Credit Work Capability Assessment statistics, April 2019 to June 2025

These statistics cover the number of people on Universal Credit with a health condition or disability restricting their ability to work.

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

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Details

Quarterly statistics on the number of people on Universal Credit (UC) with a health condition or disability restricting their ability to work, by stage of process and monthly Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) decisions and outcomes.

This release of statistics covers:

  • caseload – number of people onUChealth by:
    • stage of process: pre-Work Capability Assessment (WCA) or post-WCAwith limited capability for work (LCW) or limited capability for work and work-related activity (LCWRA)
    • monthly (from April 2019 to June 2025)
    • age at caseload date
    • gender
    • GB level and standard geographical area
  • number ofDWPUCWCAdecisions by:
    • outcome (no limited capability for work (NLCW),LCW,LCWRA, monthly (from April 2019 to May 2025)
    • GB level and standard geographical area
    • age
    • gender
    • Initial and Repeat decisions
    • medical conditions (ICD10)

Proposals to further develop these statistics are available in thestatistical work programme documentand theUCWCAstatisticsrelease strategy.

We welcome user feedback on plans for the release of these statistics and their scope. If you have comments, email:stats.consultation-2018@dwp.gov.uk

Read thebackground information and methodology notefor guidance on these statistics, such as timeliness, uses, and procedures.

Pre-release access

In addition to staff who are responsible for the production and quality assurance of the statistics, up to 24-hour pre-release access is provided to ministers and other officials. We publish the job titles and organisations of the people who have been granted up to24-hour pre-release access to the latestUCWCAstatistics.

Updates to this page

Published 11 September 2025
Last updated 23 October 2025 show all updates
  1. Updated Data tables: UC Work Capability Assessment, April 2019 to June 2025 to include March 2025 in the '6_WCA_decisions' tab.

  2. First published.

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