Question follow-through · 63563

Universal Credit: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will clarify whether people in receipt of legacy benefits who are migrated to Universal Credit through the managed migration process will be treated as new claimants for the purposes of the healt

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
30 Jun 2025
Target answer date
3 Jul 2025
Answer
3 Jul 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will clarify whether people in receipt of legacy benefits who are migrated to Universal Credit through the managed migration process will be treated as new claimants for the purposes of the healt

  2. 3 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The Department plans to complete migration of ESA claimants to UC by March 2026. As part of this ESA claimants will be migrated to the UC Health Element. To protect any claimants who have not migrated by April 2026 we intend to mirror as closely as possib...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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