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Employment and Support Allowance: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 25 July 2013
• Last updated: 8 June 2017, see all updates

Work Capability Assessment outcomes, appeals and mandatory reconsiderations for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claims.

This collection brings together statistics publications on the outcomes of Work Capability Assessments (WCA), appeals decisions and mandatory reconsiderations for ESA claims (including re-assessed incapacity benefit claims).

From 8 September 2016 the statistics include the following information:

• monthly median ESA WCA mandatory reconsiderations clearance times
• experimental cohort statistics covering the ESA WCA process

There is contact information and more about DWP statistics on the Statistics at DWP page.

Latest release

1. ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments including mandatory reconsiderations and appeals: June 2017

   • 8 June 2017
   • National Statistics

User views questionnaire

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1. Questionnaire on 'ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments' statistics

   • 22 October 2013
   • Form

Previous releases

1. ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments including mandatory reconsiderations and appeals: March 2017

   • 16 March 2017
   • National Statistics

2. ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments including mandatory reconsiderations and appeals: December 2016

   • 8 December 2016
   • Official Statistics

3. ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments including mandatory reconsiderations and appeals: September 2016

   • 10 October 2016
   • Official Statistics

4. ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments: claims made to Sep 2015 and appeals to Mar 2016

   • 6 July 2016
   • Official Statistics

5. ESA Work Capability Assessment mandatory reconsiderations: data to April 2016

   • 20 June 2016
   • Official Statistics

6. ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments: claims made to Jun 2015 and appeals to Dec 2015

   • 10 March 2016
   • Official Statistics

7. ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments: claims made to Mar 2015 and appeals to Sept 2015

   • 10 December 2015
   • Official Statistics

8. ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments: claims made to Dec 2014 and appeals to Jun 2015

   • 10 September 2015
   • Official Statistics

9. ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments: claims made to Sep 2014 and appeals to Mar 2015

   • 11 June 2015
   • Official Statistics

10. ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments: claims made to June 2014 and appeals to Dec 2014

    • 12 March 2015
    • Official Statistics

11. ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments: claims made to Mar 2014 and appeals to Sept 2014

    • 11 December 2014
    • Official Statistics

12. ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments September 2014

    • 11 September 2014
    • Official Statistics

13. ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments June 2014

    • 12 June 2014
    • Official Statistics

14. ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments March 2014

    • 12 June 2014
    • Official Statistics

15. ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments January 2014

    • 12 June 2014
    • Official Statistics

16. ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments October 2013

    • 22 October 2013
    • Official Statistics

17. ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments July 2013

    • 25 July 2013
    • Official Statistics

18. ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments April 2013

    • 30 April 2013
    • Official Statistics

19. Employment and Support Allowance: work capability assessment, January 2013

    • 22 January 2013
    • Official Statistics

20. Employment and Support Allowance: work capability assessment outcomes made on paper evidence

    • 19 November 2012
    • Official Statistics

21. Employment and Support Allowance: work capability assessment outcomes by physical and mental health condition

    • 19 November 2012
    • Official Statistics

22. Employment and Support Allowance: work capability assessment, October 2012

    • 23 October 2012
    • Official Statistics

23. Employment and Support Allowance: work capability assessment, July 2012

    • 24 July 2012
    • Official Statistics

24. Employment and Support Allowance: work capability assessment, April 2012

    • 24 April 2012
    • Official Statistics

25. Employment and Support Allowance: work capability assessment, January 2012

    • 24 January 2012
    • Official Statistics

26. Employment and Support Allowance: work capability assessment, October 2011

    • 25 October 2011
    • Official Statistics

27. Employment and Support Allowance: work capability assessment, July 2011

    • 26 July 2011
    • Official Statistics

28. Employment and Support Allowance: work capability assessment, April 2011

    • 27 April 2011
    • Official Statistics

29. Employment and Support Allowance: work capability assessment, January 2011

    • 25 January 2011
    • Official Statistics

30. Employment and Support Allowance: work capability assessment, October 2010

    • 24 October 2010
    • Official Statistics

31. Employment and Support Allowance: work capability assessment by health condition and functional impairment

    • 24 August 2010
    • Official Statistics

32. Employment and Support Allowance: work capability assessment, July 2010

    • 27 July 2010
    • Official Statistics

Our policies and procedures

We’ve published our policies and procedures for DWP statistics in the interests of transparency and to comply with the UK Statistics Authority code of practice.

We’ve also published specific policies and statements related to the DWP Employment and Support Allowance: outcomes of Work Capability Assessment statistics.

DWP statistics – policies and procedures

1. ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessment policies and statements

   • 29 March 2017
   • Guidance

Document information

Published: 25 July 2013

Updated: 8 June 2017

+ full page history

1. 8 June 2017 Added 'ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments including mandatory reconsiderations and appeals: June 2017'.
2. 9 March 2017 Added 'ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments including mandatory reconsiderations and appeals: March 2017'.
3. 8 December 2016 Added 'ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments including mandatory reconsiderations and appeals: December 2016'.
4. 8 September 2016 Added 'ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments including mandatory reconsiderations and appeals: September 2016'.
5. 6 July 2016 Added statistics on 'ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments: claims made to Sep 2015 and appeals to Mar 2016'.
6. 28 June 2016 Updated message about the delay to the 'ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments' statistics, which will now be published on 6 July 2016.
7. 9 June 2016 Published 'ESA Work Capability Assessment mandatory reconsiderations: data to April 2016' and message about a delay to 'ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments' which were due to be published on 9 June 2016.
8. 10 March 2016 Added - ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments: claims made to June 2015 and appeals to December 2015.
9. 10 December 2015 Published 'ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments: claims made to Mar 2015 and appeals to Sept 2015'.
10. 10 September 2015 Added - ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments: claims made to Dec 2014 and appeals to Jun 2015.
11. 11 June 2015 Published latest statistics on the outcomes of Work Capability Assessments for Employment and Support Allowance claims made to September 2014 and appeals to March 2015.
12. 12 March 2015 Added statistics on 'ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments: claims made to June 2014 and appeals to Dec 2014'.
13. 25 February 2015 Updated date of next statistical release to 12 March 2015.
14. 11 December 2014 Added 'ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessment: claims made to March 2014 and appeals to Sept 2014'.
15. 11 September 2014 Published statistics on Work Capability Assessments for claims started October to December 2013, and appeals data to June 2014.
16. 12 June 2014 Published ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments June 2014. Updated advice on processing error.
17. 15 May 2014 Removed old guidance on future DWP publications being aligned with Ministry of Justice release schedule.
18. 7 May 2014 Published note regarding a processing error with Appeal data for the period June to December 2013.
19. 27 March 2014 Published ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments March 2014
20. 25 March 2014 Specific policies and statements related to the DWP Employment and Support Allowance: outcomes of Work Capability Assessment statisticspublished and link added to the page.
21. 22 January 2014 ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments January 2014 statistics published
22. 18 December 2013 Update added regarding future statistical releases
23. 30 October 2013 Updated information regarding appeals and release of statistics.
24. 22 October 2013 Published 'ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments October 2013' statistics and user views questionnaire.
25. 25 July 2013 First published.

From: Department for Work and Pensions