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Universal Credit: Disqualification

Asked by Marsha De CordovaLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 17 July 2025UIN 66257

The question

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

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

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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