Question follow-through · 66257

Universal Credit: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish Universal Credit sanction statistics broken down by (a) ethnic sub-group, (b) whether a respondent meets the definition of disability under the Equality Act 2010, (c) whether the res

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
9 Jul 2025
Target answer date
11 Jul 2025
Answer
17 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish Universal Credit sanction statistics broken down by (a) ethnic sub-group, (b) whether a respondent meets the definition of disability under the Equality Act 2010, (c) whether the res

  2. 11 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 17 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The Department currently publishes the Universal Credit sanction statistics by ethnicity, with the latest statistics to February 2025 published on 24 June 2025.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Equal Pay: Disability

24 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing mandatory disability pay gap reporting for companies with over fifty employees.