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<p>The number of people who had debt deductions from their legacy benefits and the
value of those deductions for the last twelve months, are detailed in the table below.</p><p>
</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number
of people who had deductions from Legacy Benefits</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value
of those deductions</strong> <strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan-20</strong></p></td><td><p>205,700</p></td><td><p>£11.300m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Feb-20</strong></p></td><td><p>199,200</p></td><td><p>£10.331m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mar-20</strong></p></td><td><p>200,100</p></td><td><p>£11.849m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Apr-20</strong></p></td><td><p>181,100</p></td><td><p>£10.083m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May-20</strong></p></td><td><p>162,300</p></td><td><p>£8.454m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jun-20</strong></p></td><td><p>95,700</p></td><td><p>£3.030m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jul-20</strong></p></td><td><p>9,000</p></td><td><p>£0.370m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Aug-20</strong></p></td><td><p>66,800</p></td><td><p>£4.326m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sep-20</strong></p></td><td><p>70,200</p></td><td><p>£4.900m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct-20</strong></p></td><td><p>70,200</p></td><td><p>£5.029m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nov-20</strong></p></td><td><p>72,500</p></td><td><p>£5.361m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dec-20</strong></p></td><td><p>75,800</p></td><td><p>£5.982m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>We recognise that there will be some claimants who may be experiencing financial
difficulty, and anyone unable to afford the rate of recovery proposed is encouraged
to contact DWP Debt Management to review the proposed rate of recovery.</p>
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