Question follow-through · 8217
Universal Credit: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether diagnoses by private healthcare providers are accepted by his Department when a person claims the upper level of Universal Credit.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 9 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 22 Jun 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether diagnoses by private healthcare providers are accepted by his Department when a person claims the upper level of Universal Credit.
11 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Jun 2026
Answer published
We do not make entitlement decisions based solely on a diagnosis, whether provided by an NHS or private healthcare provider. For people claiming Universal Credit or Employment and Support Allowance, decisions are based on how a person’s health condition o...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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