PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Social Security Benefits: Disqualification (14 December 2017)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that benefit claimants who cannot attend appointments due to adverse weather conditions will not be sanctioned.
Asked by:
Anna Turley (Labour)
Asked by:
Anna Turley (Labour)
Answer
Nobody is sanctioned where they can demonstrate they had good reason for failing to attend an appointment. Each case is considered individually, taking into account individual and prevailing circumstances. Where adverse weather conditions make it unreasonable for someone to attend, no sanction would be applied.
Answered by:
Damian Hinds (Conservative)
20 December 2017
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