Question follow-through · 98755
Universal Credit: Washington and Gateshead South
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, within Washington and Gateshead South constituency in the most recent 12 months for which data is available, what is the total sum of money resulting from a) deductions, and b) sanctions applied to Univ
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 10 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 17 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, within Washington and Gateshead South constituency in the most recent 12 months for which data is available, what is the total sum of money resulting from a) deductions, and b) sanctions applied to Univ
17 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Dec 2025
Answer published
a) Universal Credit deductions statistics are published quarterly with the latest figures available in table 6, row 216 in Universal Credit deductions statistics, September 2024 to August 2025, supplementary data tables, at Universal Credit statistics, 29...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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