Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 120887
Universal Credit: Disqualification
Tabled: 16 March 2026
Answered: 24 March 2026
Question
Zarah Sultana
Your Party — Coventry South
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consideration he has given to lowering the sanctions daily rate reduction rate to less than 100% of the Universal Credit standard allowance.
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonWhilst a sanction typically results in a 100% reduction of the Universal Credit standard allowance rate for each day the sanction is in place (except for couples where this is halved), lower reduction rates apply in certain scenarios where it is reasonabl...
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