IRRV Alert - week ending 10th September 2021
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ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments including mandatory reconsiderations and appeals: September 2021 (9 September 2021)
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ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments including mandatory reconsiderations and appeals: September 2021
Outcomes of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) Work Capability Assessments, including mandatory reconsiderations and appeals information.
- From:
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Published
- 9 September 2021
Documents
ESA: Work Capability Assessments, Mandatory Reconsiderations and Appeals: September 2021
Ref: ISBN 978-1-78659-355-9HTML
Data tables: ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments: September 2021
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Details
This is a summary of the latest National 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:
- WCA outcomes of initial and repeat WCAs to end of March 2021
- WCA outcomes of completed Incapacity Benefit (IB) reassessments up to March 2021
- Completed initial WCA appeal outcomes for ESA claims with a start date to June 2020
- End to end initial ESA claim clearance times to end of March 2021
- Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) information to end of July 2021:
- number of MR registrations
- number of MR decisions
- MR outcomes by type of decision
- Median MR 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 is only available for claims that began at least 6 months following the assessment date, or 9 months following the date of claim. This is because of the time required for the customer journey to end and for the information recorded to be as complete as possible.
More information
Read background information on these statistics in ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessment policies and statements.
Find more about Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) statistics and contact details on the Statistics at DWP page.
Find details of future DWP statistics releases in the statistics release calendar.
Published 9 September 2021