{"value":{"id":1875331,"askingMemberId":4471,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2026-01-27T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2026-02-02T00:00:00","uin":"108677","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average end-to-end clearance time for a Universal Credit Work Capability Assessment was in each month since January 2025 for (a) new and (b) existing claimants.","answeringBodyId":29,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Work and Pensions","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":163,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2026-02-04T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The department regularly publishes <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-work-capability-assessment-statistics\" target=\"_blank\">Universal Credit Work Capability Assessment statistics</a> and the development of clearance times is detailed in the <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-wca-statistics-release-strategy\" target=\"_blank\">release strategy</a> for those statistics. Further details on the future publication of clearance times will be published in the <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-statistical-work-programme/statistical-work-programme#:~:text=Universal%20Credit%20Work%20Capability%20Assessment%20(UC%C2%A0WCA)%20statistics\" target=\"_blank\">DWP Statistical Work Programme</a> in due course.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":"2026-02-02T00:00:00","attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Universal Credit: Work Capability Assessment","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1875331","method":"GET"}]}