https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-sanctions-statistics-to-may-2024
The statistics show:
in May 2024, 6.17% of UC claimants who were in the conditionality regimes where sanctions can be applied, were undergoing a sanction on the count date. The UC sanction rate is down by 0.4 percentage points from February 2024 and is down by 0.5 percentage points in the latest 12 months
in May 2024, 29.0% of UC claimants were in the conditionality regimes where sanctions can be applied
failure to attend or participate in a mandatory interview accounted for 93.7% of all adverse sanction decisions in the last year and 91.3% in the latest quarter
in May 2024 there were 24,000 completed sanctions in the 4 weeks to 13 weeks sanction duration band and 4,000 completed sanctions in the over 26 weeks sanction duration band
in April 2024, of those who declared their ethnicity, 73% of claimants with adverse sanction decisions were from the White ethnic group. The Asian or Asian British were 9% and Black, Caribbean and Black British were 9%. 5% were Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups and 4% were in the Other Ethnic Group