Official Statistics

Claim migration impact on Universal Credit Health related claims and the No Work Requirements conditionality regime

This ad hoc provides the number of claimants that have migrated to Universal Credit (UC) from legacy benefits, focusing on those with a health condition or disability restricting their ability to work who join the UC health journey and those in the No work requirements group.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 12 March 2026

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Some misunderstandings have occurred in the media regarding the ongoing increases in the Universal Credit (UC) caseload, and the UC health caseload in particular. Whilst some information already exists in the public domain in relation to Move to UC, this ad hoc supports a better understanding of the flows between legacy benefits and UC health by providing further detail and context. This includes joiners to UC health from Employment Support Allowance and other legacy benefits, and the timings between migrating to UC and declaring a health condition to join the health journey.

Published 12 March 2026