Question follow-through · 47469
Universal Credit: Disqualification
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) removing sanctions on Universal Credit and (b) ensuring sanctions are used only in exceptional circumstances.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 23 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 29 Apr 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
23 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) removing sanctions on Universal Credit and (b) ensuring sanctions are used only in exceptional circumstances.
25 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Apr 2025
Answer published
As set out in the Get Britain Working White Paper, we are reforming Jobcentre Plus and moving away from the current one-size-fits-all approach. We are creating a new service across Great Britain that will enable everyone to access support to find good, me...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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