Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit households in the most recent quarter for which data is available are undergoing a third party deduction for the purpose of paying a court fine.

Around 250,000 Universal Credit households had at least one third party deduction for court fines in the quarter ending in November 2025.

Notes:

1. Figures have been calculated by identifying Universal Credit households with at least one thirdparty deduction for court fines during any month within the quarter. Households with a court fines deduction in more than one month of the quarter have been counted once only, to reflect the number of unique households affected during the period.

2. Data up to November 2025 has been provided in line with the latest available Universal Credit Deductions Statistics.

3. Figures have been provided for Universal Credit households in Great Britain.

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

5. Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10,000.