Official statistics announcement

Benefit Sanctions statistics to May 2026

Statistics about sanctions on Universal Credit (UC). The data will be available as normal for analysis via Stat-Xplore.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 4 August 2025
• Last updated: 9 February 2026

• Release date: 18 August 2026 9:30am (confirmed)

These statistics will be released on 18 August 2026 9:30am