AQW 24492/22-27

Ms Sian Mulholland
Alliance Party
North Antrim

Tabled Date: 14/03/2025
Answered On Date: 25/04/2025
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of Universal Credit Work Capability Assessments conducted in each of the last five years where claimants were placed into (i) Limited Capability for Work; and (ii) Limited Capability for Work and Work-Related Activity, broken down (a) age group; and (b) constituency.

Answer:

Claimants are only placed in Limited Capability for Work or Limited Capability for Work and Work-Related Activity categories following a Work Capability Assessment with the exception of a very small minority of cases such as those who are terminally ill. Due to the volume of detail required to answer your question, the information attached at Annex A has been placed in the Assembly Library and includes some cases where a Work Capability Assessment was not carried out.