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<p>The information requested on the number of days of benefit sanctions is not readily
available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Information
on Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance sanction decisions,
by geography, is available here:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p>Guidance
on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html"
target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p>
</p><p>Information on Universal Credit sanctions is not currently available. The Department
published its strategy for releasing official statistics on benefit sanctions, including
Universal Credit (UC) in April 2016. As outlined in the strategy, officials are currently
developing the data for UC sanctions and will only release information once the necessary
quality assurance work has taken place. These statistics will be published in accordance
with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for official statistics.</p><p>
</p><p>Universal Credit official statistics and the Departments release strategy can
be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a></p><p>
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