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Damien Egan:To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Work Capability Assessments were carried out (a) face-to-face, (b) remotely and (c) on paper in each month since March 2020. \p Sir Stephen Timms: The number and proportion of Work Capability Assessments carried out face-to-face, remotely (by telephone and video) and by paper each month since March 2020 can be found in the tables below.

March 2020 to December 2020

Month

Face-to-Face

Telephone

Video

Paper-Based

Number

Proportion

Number

Proportion

Number

Proportion

Number

Proportion

Mar-20

33,200

62.4%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

20,000

37.6%

Apr-20

0

0.0%

200

1.0%

0

0.0%

19,000

99.0%

May-20

0

0.0%

1,000

4.7%

0

0.0%

20,200

95.3%

Jun-20

0

0.0%

8,500

42.3%

0

0.0%

11,600

57.7%

Jul-20

0

0.0%

13,200

58.7%

0

0.0%

9,300

41.3%

Aug-20

0

0.0%

14,000

66.7%

0

0.0%

7,000

33.3%

Sep-20

0

0.0%

24,600

76.4%

0

0.0%

7,600

23.6%

Oct-20

0

0.0%

33,400

79.5%

0

0.0%

8,600

20.5%

Nov-20

0

0.0%

31,100

79.3%

0

0.0%

8,100

20.7%

Dec-20

0

0.0%

30,700

81.4%

100

0.3%

6,900

18.3%

2021

Month

Face-to-Face

Telephone

Video

Paper-Based

Number

Proportion

Number

Proportion

Number

Proportion

Number

Proportion

Jan-21

0

0.0%

33,000

82.9%

100

0.3%

6,700

16.8%

Feb-21

0

0.0%

36,200

84.0%

100

0.2%

6,800

15.8%

Mar-21

0

0.0%

50,200

86.3%

200

0.3%

7,800

13.4%

Apr-21

0

0.0%

45,000

85.9%

0

0.0%

7,400

14.1%

May-21

700

1.4%

41,800

84.8%

0

0.0%

6,800

13.8%

Jun-21

3,700

6.9%

42,700

80.0%

0

0.0%

7,000

13.1%

Jul-21

4,000

8.2%

38,300

78.6%

100

0.2%

6,300

12.9%

Aug-21

1,400

3.0%

37,500

81.0%

800

1.7%

6,600

14.3%

Sep-21

1,200

2.5%

37,200

77.0%

2,600

5.4%

7,300

15.1%

Oct-21

1,600

3.6%

33,600

74.7%

3,300

7.3%

6,500

14.4%

Nov-21

6,200

12.3%

33,200

65.7%

3,400

6.7%

7,700

15.2%

Dec-21

5,400

12.1%

30,200

67.7%

2,900

6.5%

6,100

13.7%

2022

Month

Face-to-Face

Telephone

Video

Paper-Based

Number

Proportion

Number

Proportion

Number

Proportion

Number

Proportion

Jan-22

300

0.6%

43,100

79.8%

4,000

7.4%

6,600

12.2%

Feb-22

3,700

6.9%

38,000

71.2%

4,200

7.9%

7,500

14.0%

Mar-22

8,100

14.0%

37,500

64.9%

4,700

8.1%

7,500

13.0%

Apr-22

7,200

15.0%

30,500

63.7%

3,600

7.5%

6,600

13.8%

May-22

9,000

16.3%

35,200

63.9%

3,800

6.9%

7,100

12.9%

Jun-22

7,400

15.4%

31,200

64.7%

3,500

7.3%

6,100

12.7%

Jul-22

7,400

15.3%

31,500

64.9%

3,200

6.6%

6,400

13.2%

Aug-22

8,200

16.0%

32,500

63.6%

3,800

7.4%

6,600

12.9%

Sep-22

7,400

15.0%

31,800

64.5%

3,700

7.5%

6,400

13.0%

Oct-22

7,500

14.2%

35,300

66.6%

3,900

7.4%

6,300

11.9%

Nov-22

8,600

14.8%

38,700

66.5%

4,100

7.0%

6,800

11.7%

Dec-22

6,400

14.2%

30,800

68.1%

3,200

7.1%

4,800

10.6%

2023

Month

Face-to-Face

Telephone

Video

Paper-Based

Number

Proportion

Number

Proportion

Number

Proportion

Number

Proportion

Jan-23

8,600

14.4%

40,300

67.4%

4,600

7.7%

6,300

10.5%

Feb-23

8,200

13.9%

40,600

68.6%

4,100

6.9%

6,300

10.6%

Mar-23

9,100

13.7%

45,200

68.3%

4,600

6.9%

7,300

11.0%

Apr-23

6,600

12.3%

37,900

70.8%

3,600

6.7%

5,400

10.1%

May-23

7,400

12.8%

40,300

70.0%

4,000

6.9%

5,900

10.2%

Jun-23

7,600

12.1%

44,600

70.9%

4,300

6.8%

6,400

10.2%

Jul-23

7,000

11.7%

41,600

69.6%

3,900

6.5%

7,300

12.2%

Aug-23

6,600

10.6%

42,300

67.8%

4,100

6.6%

9,400

15.1%

Sep-23

5,700

9.5%

39,900

66.6%

4,100

6.8%

10,200

17.0%

Oct-23

3,900

7.9%

33,900

68.8%

3,000

6.1%

8,500

17.2%

Nov-23

6,700

10.9%

42,500

69.0%

4,000

6.5%

8,400

13.6%

Dec-23

5,800

12.1%

32,600

68.2%

3,600

7.5%

5,800

12.1%

2024

Month

Face-to-Face

Telephone

Video

Paper-Based

Number

Proportion

Number

Proportion

Number

Proportion

Number

Proportion

Jan-24

8,300

12.4%

45,200

67.5%

5,000

7.5%

8,500

12.7%

Feb-24

9,000

13.5%

44,400

66.4%

5,300

7.9%

8,200

12.3%

Mar-24

8,100

13.0%

40,800

65.6%

5,500

8.8%

7,800

12.5%

Apr-24

8,500

13.0%

43,500

66.5%

5,600

8.6%

7,800

11.9%

May-24

6,500

10.0%

45,700

70.4%

5,700

8.8%

7,000

10.8%

Jun-24

5,800

10.1%

40,100

69.7%

4,700

8.2%

6,900

12.0%

Jul-24

5,000

7.5%

45,900

69.2%

6,700

10.1%

8,700

13.1%

Aug-24

3,800

6.9%

39,300

71.3%

5,200

9.4%

6,800

12.3%

Sep-24

3,600

7.0%

39,900

77.8%

1,300

2.5%

6,500

12.7%

Oct-24

5,500

9.2%

41,500

69.4%

4,400

7.4%

8,400

14.0%

Nov-24

5,100

9.2%

38,500

69.2%

4,200

7.6%

7,800

14.0%

Dec-24

4,600

10.4%

31,200

70.4%

2,900

6.5%

5,600

12.6%

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