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<p>The information requested by each conditionality group is not readily available
for Universal Credit Full and Live Service claimants and to provide it would incur
disproportionate cost.</p><p>Sanctions are only used in a small percentage of cases,
and that is when people fail to meet their agreed commitments without good reason.
When considering whether a sanction is appropriate, a Decision Maker will take all
the claimant’s individual circumstances, including any health conditions or disabilities
and any evidence of good reason, into account before deciding whether a sanction is
warranted.</p><p>However, the information that is readily available is displayed in
the table below. This shows the number of Universal Credit Full Service sanction decisions
which were followed by a Recoverable Hardship Payment during 2017 and 2018.</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Sanction decision month</p></td><td><p>Number of UC Full
Service sanction decisions which were followed by a Recoverable Hardship Payment<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Number
of people on Universal Credit<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-17</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>437,751</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-17</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>458,742</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-17</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>481,592</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-17</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>504,748</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-17</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>513,481</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-17</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>527,535</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-17</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>551,088</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-17</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>574,802</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-17</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>601,921</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-17</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>623,565</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-17</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>650,145</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-17</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>692,039</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-18</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>717,523</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-18</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>762,909</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-18</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>801,401</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-18</p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>856,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-18</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>902,317</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-18</p></td><td><p>1100</p></td><td><p>961,643</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-18</p></td><td><p>2200</p></td><td><p>1,019,181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-18</p></td><td><p>2400</p></td><td><p>1,093,073</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><ol><li>The information provided in the provided table is
based on preliminary analysis of internal management information and may be subject
to future revision. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100. Subsequently, figures
in the table that are 0 are less than 50.</li><li>The number of people on Universal
Credit is published on Stat-Xplore. (<a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml"
target="_blank">stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a>)</li></ol><p> </p>
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