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<p>We are unable to provide figures for court fine deductions for all of the last
three years as improvements to third party data reporting commenced in November 2018.
Information which is available can be found in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month
Payment Due</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of claims with a deduction for
court fines</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of all claims with a deduction
for court fines</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total number of UC claims made</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nov-18</strong></p></td><td><p>7,000</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>1,116,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dec-18</strong></p></td><td><p>7,000</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>1,256,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan-19</strong></p></td><td><p>8,000</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>1,380,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Feb-19</strong></p></td><td><p>8,000</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>1,481,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mar-19</strong></p></td><td><p>13,000</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>1,589,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Apr-19</strong></p></td><td><p>37,000</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>1,681,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May-19</strong></p></td><td><p>61,000</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>1,783,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jun-19</strong></p></td><td><p>82,000</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>1,864,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jul-19</strong></p></td><td><p>101,000</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>1,956,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Aug-19</strong></p></td><td><p>111,000</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>2,046,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sep-19</strong></p></td><td><p>116,000</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>2,121,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct-19</strong></p></td><td><p>113,000</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>2,218,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nov-19</strong></p></td><td><p>108,000</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>2,290,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dec-19</strong></p></td><td><p>112,000</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>2,367,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan-20</strong></p></td><td><p>116,000</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>2,419,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Feb-20</strong></p></td><td><p>122,000</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>2,502,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mar-20</strong></p></td><td><p>126,000</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>2,612,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Apr-20</strong></p></td><td><p>68,000</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>3,073,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May-20</strong></p></td><td><p>71,000</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>4,045,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jun-20</strong></p></td><td><p>139,000</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>4,302,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jul-20</strong></p></td><td><p>126,000</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>4,434,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Aug-20</strong></p></td><td><p>120,000</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>4,537,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>1. Figures rounded to the
nearest 1,000.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2. Figures are subject to retrospective change
as later data becomes available.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3. Claim numbers may not
match official statistics caseloads due to small methodological differences.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4.
Figures for court fine deductions are only available from November 2018 as data on
the breakdown of third party deductions was not collated on the Universal Credit systems
prior to this.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5. The increase in the proportion of claims
with deductions for fines is due to an improved manual process phased in between February
and the end of March 2019 for courts to send through their court fines deductions.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6.
The decrease in number of claims with deductions for court fines from October 2019
is because the maximum deductions limit was reduced from 40% of the standard allowance
to 30% of the standard allowance.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7. Figures for April and
May 2020 are affected by the temporary suspension of third party deductions due to
Covid-19.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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