Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Minister for Women and Equalities about the equalities impact of (a) inflation on social security payments and (b) changes to work conditionality for part-time workers claiming Universal Credit.

The Secretary of State has a statutory obligation to annually review benefits and State Pensions. The review will commence shortly and as part of that review, the Secretary of State will consider a Public Sector Equality analysis and so have due regard to her obligations under the Equality Act 2010.

Regarding changes to in-work conditionality for part-time workers claiming Universal Credit, the department will be publishing an Equality Analysis of the impact of the changes in due course.