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Universal Credit WCA statistics: definitions and methodology

Information about the methodology and quality assurance steps used to produce the Universal Credit Work Capability Assessments (WCA) statistical releases.

From:
Department for Work and Pensions
Published
8 June 2023
Last updated
1324 JuneNovember 20242025 — See all updates

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

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Universal Credit Work Capability Assessment statistics: methodology

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This document provides users with information about the methodology and quality assurance steps used to produce the Universal Credit (UC) Work Capability Assessments (WCA) statistical releases in accordance with practices set out in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.

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2025-11-24 09:30
Added information to say the form UC50 is being replace with a new form WCA50.

2024-06-13 09:30
Published an updated version of the Universal Credit Work Capability Assessment statistics methodology. Updated section 2 with information about the Logic Integrated Medical Assessment software (LIMA), and updated the information about the UC WCA MSRS dataset in section 3. The latest release of the statistics were published today, 13 June 2024.

2024-03-14 09:30
Published an updated version of the Universal Credit Work Capability Assessment statistics methodology. The latest release of the statistics has been published today, 14 March 2024.

2023-06-08 09:30
First published.