PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Social Security Benefits: Disqualification (20 January 2015)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's social security sanctions policy.
Asked by:
Debbie Abrahams (Labour)
Asked by:
Debbie Abrahams (Labour)
Answer
Through his independent review of sanctions, Matthew Oakley confirmed that “benefit sanctions provide a vital backdrop in the social security system for jobseekers” and are a “key element of the mutual obligation that underpins both the effectiveness and fairness of the social security system”
International evidence is also clear – a conditional benefit system works – it promotes job search. The vast majority comply and move into work.
There are nearly a million fewer workless people since 2010.
Answered by:
Esther McVey (Conservative)
26 January 2015
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