Question follow-through · 70871

Universal Credit: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps she has taken to ensure that people moving from Employment Support Allowance Support Group to Universal Credit do not require a further fit note.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 29 Aug 2025
Target answer date: 3 Sept 2025
Answer: 3 Sept 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps she has taken to ensure that people moving from Employment Support Allowance Support Group to Universal Credit do not require a further fit note.
3 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Sept 2025
Answer published
We want the migration process to be as simple as possible for claimants when they move their claim to Universal Credit (UC) from Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). If they have been receiving ESA, they will not need to provide medical evidence such a...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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