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 "id": "universal-credit-sanction-rate",
 "title": "Universal Credit sanction rate, Great Britain",
 "category": "welfare",
 "summary": "The share of people on Universal Credit in the conditionality regimes where sanctions can apply who had a sanction, each month since January 2017, Great Britain.",
 "unit": "percent",
 "chart": "line",
 "volatile": false,
 "status": "Official statistics, not accredited",
 "notes": [
  "People on Universal Credit with a sanction at a point in each month, as a share of everyone in the conditionality regimes where a sanction can apply: searching for work, working with requirements, planning for work and preparing for work. DWP gives the share to three decimal places of a proportion.",
  "DWP applies disclosure control to the counts behind the rate. Earlier months can be revised."
 ],
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    {
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    {
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     "v": 4.1
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    {
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    {
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     "v": 4.2
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    {
     "x": "2018-12",
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     "v": 3.5
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    {
     "x": "2019-03",
     "v": 3.2
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     "x": "2019-04",
     "v": 3.2
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    {
     "x": "2019-05",
     "v": 3.2
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    {
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    {
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    {
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     "v": 3.5
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    {
     "x": "2019-09",
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    {
     "x": "2019-10",
     "v": 3.2
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    {
     "x": "2019-11",
     "v": 3.1
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    {
     "x": "2019-12",
     "v": 3.0
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    {
     "x": "2020-01",
     "v": 2.7
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    {
     "x": "2020-02",
     "v": 2.7
    },
    {
     "x": "2020-03",
     "v": 2.5
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    {
     "x": "2020-04",
     "v": 1.0
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    {
     "x": "2020-05",
     "v": 0.4
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    {
     "x": "2020-06",
     "v": 0.4
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    {
     "x": "2020-07",
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     "x": "2020-08",
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    {
     "x": "2020-09",
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    {
     "x": "2020-10",
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    {
     "x": "2020-11",
     "v": 0.2
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    {
     "x": "2020-12",
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    {
     "x": "2021-01",
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    {
     "x": "2021-02",
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    {
     "x": "2021-03",
     "v": 0.2
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    {
     "x": "2021-04",
     "v": 0.2
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    {
     "x": "2021-05",
     "v": 0.2
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    {
     "x": "2021-06",
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    {
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    {
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    {
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    {
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    {
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    {
     "x": "2022-03",
     "v": 5.8
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    {
     "x": "2022-04",
     "v": 6.3
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    {
     "x": "2022-05",
     "v": 6.6
    },
    {
     "x": "2022-06",
     "v": 6.9
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    {
     "x": "2022-07",
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    {
     "x": "2022-08",
     "v": 7.1
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    {
     "x": "2022-09",
     "v": 7.2
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    {
     "x": "2022-10",
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    {
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    {
     "x": "2022-12",
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     "x": "2023-02",
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    {
     "x": "2023-03",
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    {
     "x": "2023-04",
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    {
     "x": "2023-05",
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    {
     "x": "2023-06",
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    {
     "x": "2023-07",
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     "x": "2023-08",
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    {
     "x": "2023-09",
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     "x": "2024-06",
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     "x": "2024-07",
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     "x": "2024-11",
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     "x": "2024-12",
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     "x": "2025-05",
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    {
     "x": "2025-06",
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    {
     "x": "2025-07",
     "v": 5.4
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    {
     "x": "2025-08",
     "v": 5.6
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    {
     "x": "2025-09",
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    {
     "x": "2025-10",
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