Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 66257

Universal Credit: Disqualification

Tabled: 9 July 2025
Answered: 17 July 2025

Question

Marsha De Cordova

LabourBattersea

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

Answer

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.