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  • Advice for Decision Making - K: Universal Credit

    Topics:
    • Benefits and pensions, 
    • Benefits

    Date published: 9 April 2019

    Last updated: 4 March 2025

    Sanctions – General Principles | Good reason | Levels of Sanctions | Effect of ESA and JSA Sanctions on UC | Reductions

    Documents

    • ADM Chapter K1: Sanctions – general principlesAdobe PDF (420.41 KB)
    • ADM Chapter K2: Good reasonAdobe PDF (767.78 KB)
    • ADM Chapter K3: Higher Level SanctionsAdobe PDF (552.05 KB)
    • ADM Chapter K4: Medium Level SanctionsAdobe PDF (207.38 KB)
    • ADM Chapter K5: Low Level SanctionsAdobe PDF (443.76 KB)
    • ADM Chapter K6: Lowest level sanctionsAdobe PDF (202.21 KB)
    • ADM Chapter K7: Effect of ESA and JSA Sanctions on UCAdobe PDF (351.52 KB)
    • ADM Chapter K8: When reduction is to have effectAdobe PDF (32.59 KB)
    • ADM Chapter K9: Amount of reductionAdobe PDF (160.9 KB)
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