Question follow-through · 117366
Work Capability Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Work Capability Assessments have been (a) curtailed and (b) closed early in the last five years.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 3 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 17 Mar 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Work Capability Assessments have been (a) curtailed and (b) closed early in the last five years.
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Department for Work and Pensions does not hold or publish statistics on the number of Work Capability Assessments (WCAs) that have been curtailed or closed early, either over the last five years or in the most recent year for which data is available. ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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