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The daily sanction amount
If you get a sanction, the amount your Universal Credit is cut by each
day is based on:
• your age
• whether you are single or have a partner
This daily sanction amount is shown on your Claimant Commitment.
For lowest level sanctions the amount is smaller than for the other
sanction levels.
How the monthly sanction amount is worked out
Your monthly sanction amount would be your daily sanction amount
multiplied by:
• the number of days in your assessment period for that month, or
• the number of days left in the sanction, if this is shorter than the
assessment period
This gives the amount that would be taken off your monthly Universal
Credit payment.
If you’ve got more than one sanction, the next sanction will start the
day after the first one has finished. This would continue until each of
your sanctions had ended.
The monthly sanction amount wouldn’t be more than:
• the standard allowance part of your Universal Credit payment, or
• half the standard allowance if you have a joint claim
What is an assessment period?
Your Universal Credit payments are based on your personal circumstances from a certain
date each month until the same date the following month. This period is called your
assessment period.
The length of your assessment period will be slightly different each time, depending on
the number of days in the month.
Penalties
If you don’t:
• give correct and complete information in your claim
• report a change in your circumstances as soon as possible
you may have to pay a civil penalty of £50. You’ll also have to pay back
any overpayments of Universal Credit you’ve received.
If you commit fraud to get Universal Credit, you could be prosecuted
and receive a fraud penalty. In some circumstances you can accept a
fraud penalty without going to court.
Fraud penalties work in a similar way to sanctions. Your Universal Credit
payments will be cut by a daily amount for a certain number of days.
If your payments are cut because of a fraud penalty, any sanctions you
have at the time will be suspended until the penalty period is complete.
After this, the sanction will continue for the number of days that were
left when it was suspended.
Universal Credit is operated by the Department for Work and Pensions
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