Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
2026-06-21 · Department for Work and Pensions · 12015 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has conducted an equality impact assessment of the sanctions regime on disabled people, single parents, and young adults.
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...