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
- Last updated
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1211 September20242025 — See all updates
Applies to England, Scotland and Wales
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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
Updates to this page
Published 8 June 2023
Last updated 1211 September 2024
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Update history
2025-09-11 09:30
A new bullet point for ESA migration cases has been added to the phase 3 developments list in section 4 of the release strategy. The latest release of the Universal Credit WCA statistics has been published today, 11 September 2025.
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.
Details
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
Updates to this page
Sign up for emails or print this page
Update history
2025-09-11 09:30
A new bullet point for ESA migration cases has been added to the phase 3 developments list in section 4 of the release strategy. The latest release of the Universal Credit WCA statistics has been published today, 11 September 2025.
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.