Official Statistics

Benefit sanctions statistics to January 2022 (experimental)

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

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Documents

Data tables: Benefit sanctions statistics to January 2022 (experimental)

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Details

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

This release of statistics on benefit sanctions includes data up to January 2022.

This publication provides sanctions statistics on:

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

The data is available as usual for analysis on Stat-Xplore.

Published 17 May 2022