ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments including mandatory reconsiderations and appeals: March 2025
Outcomes of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) Work Capability Assessments, including mandatory reconsiderations and appeals information.
Applies to England, Scotland and Wales
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This is a summary of the latest Accredited Official Statistics on the outcomes of completed Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) Work Capability Assessments (WCA). The publication covers information on both initial and repeat ESA assessments in Great Britain.
This release includes:聽
- outcomes of initial and repeat聽WCAs聽to end of September 2024
- outcomes of completed Incapacity Benefit (IB) reassessments up to September 2024
- completed initial WCA appeal outcomes for ESA claims with a start date to December 2023
- end to end initial ESA claim clearance times to end of September 2024
- Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) information to end of January 2025:
- number of聽MR听谤别驳颈蝉迟谤补迟颈辞苍蝉
- number of聽MR听诲别肠颈蝉颈辞苍蝉
- MR聽outcomes by type of decision
- 尘别诲颈补苍听MR聽clearance time
Universal Credit (UC) was rolled out to every jobcentre across Great Britain by December 2018 and has now replaced income-related ESA for most new claimants. This has greatly changed the volume and composition of new claims to ESA.
Note: Information based on Date of Decision is reported up to 6 months prior to the publication, or 9 months where it is based on the date of claim. This allows time for most customer journeys to be completed, and the information presented to accurately reflect this journey.
More information
Read background information on these statistics in聽ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessment policies and statements.
Find more about DWP statistics and contact details on the聽Statistics at DWP page.
Find details of future DWP statistics releases in the聽statistics release calendar.