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<p><strong> </strong>Information surrounding the volume of Universal Credit claims
with a deduction for a fixed penalty notice specifically for an environmental offence
is not held by the Department.</p><p>However, between November 2018 and February 2019,
11,000 claims had at least one Universal Credit payment with a deduction for fines.
This equates to 1% of all claims with at least one Universal Credit payment with a
deduction during this period.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p><strong>
</strong></p><ol><li>Figures rounded to nearest 1000.</li><li>Deductions include advance
repayments, third party deductions and all other deductions, but exclude sanctions
and fraud penalties.</li><li>Data on the breakdown of third party deductions was not
collated on the UCFS systems prior to November 2018.</li><li>Figures are for Universal
Credit full service</li></ol><p> </p>
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