Chapter 47: Universal credit system sanctions
This chapter covers:
1. When you can be sanctioned (
here)
2. How your benefit is reduced (
here)
3. The sanction period (
here)
4. Good reasons for your actions (
here)
5. Sanction decisions (
here)
6. Challenging a sanction decision (
here)
The rules on sanctions in this chapter apply if you are getting universal credit (UC). They also apply if you come under the UC system and are getting jobseeker’s allowance (JSA) or employment and support allowance (ESA) (see
here). If you get JSA or ESA and you do not come under the UC system, see Chapter
49.