Benefit sanctions statistics to April 2021 (experimental)

Requirements

If you do not meet one or more conditions of your benefit claim without good reason, your benefit could be stopped or reduced. This is a benefit sanction. However, not everyone that is initially referred for failing to meet the conditions of their claim will receive a sanction. Where a claimant’s benefit is reduced, the claimant may be eligible for a hardship payment. Further information about the sanctions process and source of these statistics can be found in the background information and guidance documents . Figures in this bulletin are rounded in accordance with the DWP rounding policy for statistics, details of which can be found in the “Rounding” section of the background information and methodology document . Unrounded figures from the underlying data available on Stat-Xplore or in accompanying tables may not sum exactly to the rounded totals accordingly. Users can also: produce their own tables and access demographic breakdowns using Stat-Xplore access the supporting data tabl