Guidance

Benefit sanctions statistics: publication strategy

Details of planned changes to official statistics on benefit sanctions.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 19 April 2016
• Last updated: 13 February 2024
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  1. 13 February 2024

     Change made to the 'Which questions do users want to be able to answer?' section of the publication strategy. The latest release of sanctions statistics has been published today (13 February 2024).

  2. 14 November 2023

     Minor changes made to the document to show that the sanctions statistics are now classed as 'official statistics in development'. The latest release of sanctions statistics has been published today (14 November 2023).

  3. 15 November 2017

     Published a revised version to support the latest release of benefit sanctions statistics.

  4. 16 August 2017

     Published revised 'Benefit sanction statistics: publication strategy'. Revised version includes information on the publication of statistics on durations and a point-in-time rate for ESA and Universal Credit. Also states medical conditions for ESA claimants with a sanction decision are available on Stat-Xplore.

  5. 17 May 2017

     Published revised 'Benefit sanction statistics: publication strategy'.

  6. 15 February 2017

     Published a revised version, including information about the response to the Public Accounts Committee on the sanctions statistics publication strategy.

  7. 19 April 2016

     First published.

This publication was withdrawn on 8 May 2024

This guidance was withdrawn on 8 May 2024.

This guidance has been withdrawn as it is out of date. Find information about the Benefit sanctions statistics.

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Benefit sanctions statistics: publication strategy

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The Department for Work and Pensions publishes official statistics about benefit sanctions. This document explains our strategy to improve these statistics.