Question follow-through · 63099
Universal Credit: Disqualification
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the (a) efficacy of Universal Credit sanctions and (b) potential impact of those sanctions on claimants.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 26 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 7 Jul 2025 · 11 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
26 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the (a) efficacy of Universal Credit sanctions and (b) potential impact of those sanctions on claimants.
30 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Jul 2025
Answer published
The most relevant work was published by DWP on 6th April 2023 and can be found here: Impact of Benefit Sanctions on Employment Outcomes: draft report. It is right that there should be conditions and consequences to labour market support. We will continue ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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