Question follow-through · 121448

Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of benefit sanctions on people forced into prostitution due to destitution.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
17 Mar 2026
Target answer date
24 Mar 2026
Answer
13 Apr 2026 · 27 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of benefit sanctions on people forced into prostitution due to destitution.

  2. 24 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The core objective of Universal Credit is to support people who are out of work or on a low income to enter work, earn more, or to prepare for work in the future, and claimants are generally expected to undertake certain work-related activities in return ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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