Oral Question·Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
“When his Department plans to publish the ACAS report on fire and rehire and the Government’s response to that report.”
Tabled: 19 May 2021Answered: 25 May 2021
Asked by
Judith Cummins
Labour — Bradford South
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Employment (Alison McGovern)
In May 2019 the universal credit sanction rate was 3.17%. It reduced considerably during the pandemic, gradually returning to 3.51% by November 2021. It then continued to rise, reaching a peak of 7.29% in October 2023, but it is now falling, with a rate of 6.17% in May 2024.