Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether jobseekers in receipt of universal credit are sanctioned if they do not look for work for 35 hours a week in every week of the year.

Universal Credit jobseekers must do all they reasonably can to look for work and any requirements placed on the claimant will have been accepted by them in their Claimant Commitment. All work-related requirements are set in discussion with the claimant and tailored to their capability and circumstances. When making an assessment on whether the claimant has met their requirements, if the claimant has done all they can reasonably be expected to do to find work in any week, the claimant will be treated as complying with the requirement.