Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claims were subject to deductions in the most recent month for which data is available in Selby and Ainsty constituency.

In August 2023, 2,200 Universal Credit households in the Selby and Ainsty constituency had one or more deductions from their award.

Notes:

1. The number of claims for Selby and Ainsty are rounded to the nearest hundred.

2. Deductions include advance repayments, third party deductions and all other deductions, but exclude sanctions and fraud penalties which are reductions of benefit rather than deductions.

3. Household level figures have been provided as deductions are applied at the household level.

4. Data for August 2023 has been provided in line with the latest available UC Household Statistics.

5. Unknown parliamentary constituency accounts for 0.4% of all UC households.

6. Figures are provisional and are subject to retrospective change as later data becomes available.