Oral Question·Department for Work and Pensions
“What assessment his Department has made of changes in the level of the sanction rate for Universal Credit between November 2021 and May 2022.”
Tabled: 25 October 2022Answered: 31 October 2022
Asked by
Dan Carden
Labour — Liverpool Walton
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Answer from Hansard
The Prime Minister
My hon. Friend is right that the SNP is letting down patients in Scotland. As the Scottish Auditor General says, “greater leadership” is needed in the Scottish NHS. Waiting list targets are being missed, spending on agency staff is skyrocketing, and delays to patient discharge are hitting record levels. [ Interruption. ] SNP Members seem to be proud of that appalling record. We have provided the money, and they have the powers—they have run out of excuses.