PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Jobseeker's Allowance: Disqualification (9 December 2014)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseeker's allowance claimants have received an (a) second, (b) third and (c) fourth sanction in each quarter since January 2010.
Asked by:
Mr Toby Perkins (Labour)
Asked by:
Mr Toby Perkins (Labour)
Answer
Sanctions only occur as a last resort, where supportive and co-operative work has failed to encourage the claimant to engage. The vast majority of claimants do not get sanctioned and of those who are sanctioned most receive just one sanction during their claim.
The information we have on the number of individuals receiving more than one sanction is published at:
https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/
Answered by:
Esther McVey (Conservative)
15 December 2014
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