Official Statistics

Benefit sanctions statistics to April 2021 (experimental)

Statistics about sanctions, including Universal Credit (both full and live service), Jobseeker鈥檚 Allowance, and the Employment and Support Allowance Work-Related Activity Group.

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

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Details

The latest release of these statistics can be found in the benefit sanctions statistics collection.

This quarterly release of statistics on benefit sanctions includes data up to April 2021.

This publication provides sanctions statistics on:

  • Jobseeker鈥檚 Allowance (JSA)
  • Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) Work Related Activity Group (WRAG)
  • Income Support (IS)
  • Universal Credit (UC) (both full and live service)

Updates to this page

Published 17 August 2021

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