Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
2026-06-21 · Department for Work and Pensions · 12013 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of benefit sanctions on households with children; and if he will publish the evidence base underpinning that assessment.
Answer
The Department considers the impacts of conditionality and sanctions in line with the Public Sector Equality Duty, including impacts on disabled people, lone parents, young adults and households with children. The current Universal Credit sanctions regime...