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Statistics on the number of sanctions imposed on people who receive JSA, ESA (WRAG), IS or Universal Credit.
Statistics on households that have had their benefits capped between 15 April 2013 and May 2023.
Historic and forecast benefit expenditure and caseload data usually consistent with the annual fiscal events at autumn and spring.
Quarterly statistics on DWP administered benefits and benefit sanctions.
DWP customer data published under the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED).
Official experimental statistics for the number of people on Universal Credit.
Information about benefit cap statistics and methodology including the purpose, source, definitions and limitations of statistics covered.
Uses latest data to provide information on claimants of Employment and Support Allowance, the health element of Universal Credit and PIP.
Research into new and updated products within the tax credits claim pack.
Tackling fraud and error in the benefit and tax credits systems
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Provides an up to date overview and history of the main benefits administered by the Department for Communities (DfC).
An overview of how people who are claiming tax credits might be affected by Universal Credit.
Statistics for the number of claims, starts, people and households on Universal Credit.
Statistics on child maintenance arrangements made after speaking to the Child Maintenance (CM) Options service.
Benefit and tax credit expenditure in Great Britain, published in January 2013.
Estimated impact of the benefit cap by age of youngest child for 2016/17 in GB, with UK employment rates and working hours of households by age of youngest child for 2015.
Statistics on the average number of days to process a new Housing Benefit claim or a change in circumstance of an existing claim.
Provides experimental statistics on households and individuals on Universal Credit in Northern Ireland.
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