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ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments including mandatory reconsiderations and appeals: June 2026

Outcomes of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) Work Capability Assessments, including mandatory reconsiderations and appeals information.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 11 June 2026

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

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ESA: Work Capability Assessments, mandatory reconsiderations and appeals: June 2026

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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: 

• outcomes of initial and repeat WCAs to end of December 2025
• outcomes of completed Incapacity Benefit (IB) reassessments up to December 2025
• completed initial WCA appeal outcomes for ESA claims with a start date to March 2025
• end to end initial ESA claim clearance times to end of December 2025
• mandatory reconsideration (MR) information to end of April 2026:
  • 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.

Information based on “Date of Decision” is reported with a six-month lag from the month of publication. The lag is 9 months for data presented by “Date of Claim”. This longer period allows enough time for most customer journeys to be completed, ensuring the data accurately reflects the full journey.

More information

Read background information on these statistics in ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessment policies and statements.

Find more about DWP statistics and contact details on the Statistics at DWP page.

Find announcements about upcoming DWP statistics releases in the statistics calendar.

Published 11 June 2026