Guidance

Universal Credit WCA statistics: release strategy

This release strategy acts as the formal notice of the confirmed and proposed developments for Universal Credit Work Capability Assessment (UC WCA) Official Statistics.

From:: Department for Work and Pensions
Published: 8 June 2023

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

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Universal Credit Work Capability Assessment statistics: release strategy

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This release strategy acts as the formal notice of the:

confirmed and proposed developments for Universal Credit (UC) Work Capability Assessment (WCA) statistics
confirmed and proposed developments to the statistics over time

Published 8 June 2023

Update history

2024-09-12 09:30
Published an updated version of the Universal Credit Work Capability Assessment statistics release strategy. The latest release of the statistics has been published today, 12 September 2024.

2024-06-13 09:30
Revised the Universal Credit WCA statistics release strategy. Added new information to section 4 about upcoming statistics on the gender and age of claimants for WCA decisions and outcomes, which are scheduled for release on 12 September 2024. The latest regular statistics were published today, 13 June 2024.

2024-03-14 09:30
Published an updated version of the Universal Credit Work Capability Assessment statistics release strategy. The latest release of the statistics has been published today, 14 March 2024.

2023-12-14 09:30
Added additional information to Part 4 (Proposed developments to the statistics and timeline) about plans to publish a limited set of breakdowns by International Classification of Disease codes (ICD10) of the medical conditions of claimants undertaking a Universal Credit Work Capability Assessment. The latest release of the statistics has been published today, 14 December 2023.

2023-06-08 09:30
First published.