Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 14329

Universal Credit: Disqualification

Tabled: 30 June 2026
Answered: 13 July 2026

Question

Andy McDonald

LabourMiddlesbrough and Thornaby East

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the rate at which Universal Credit claimants aged 18 to 24 are sanctioned compared with older claimants; and whether he plans to review the application of sanctions to dif

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
The latest published Universal Credit sanction rate figures for claimants aged 20 to 24 for February 2026 are available in the latest Benefit Sanction Statistics bulletin and accompanying data tables to February 2026, as well as through Stat-Xplore from t...

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