Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 24 March 2014.

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Photo of Gavin Williamson Gavin Williamson Conservative, South Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many benefit sanctions were issued in South Staffordshire constituency in each of the last five years.

Photo of Esther McVey Esther McVey The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions

The information requested is shown in the following table.

Number of benefit sanctions applied in South Staffordshire constituency in each of the last five years
October to September each year All benefit sanctions
2008-09 390
2009-10 480
2010-11 610
2011-12 650
2012-13 610
Notes: 1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. 2. The number of benefit sanctions applied is the number of sanction or disallowance referrals where the decision was found against the claimant. 3. Income support lone parents receive a fixed sanction of 20% of the personal allowance rate of a single claimant (not aged less than 25) for each failure to attend/participate in a work focused interview until 10p is left in payment. This sanction lasts until the individual attends and participates in a work focused interview. In the case where there is more than one sanction in place, the claimant need only attend/participate in one work focused interview in order for all related sanctions to be removed from their benefit. 4. New sanctions rules came into force for JSA and ESA from 22 October 2012 and 3 December 2012. The number of JSA sanctions applied for the new regime is the number of low, intermediate and high level referrals where the decision was found against the claimant. Further information can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jobseekers-allowance-overview-of-sanctions-rules 5. The number of JSA sanctions applied for the old regime is the number of fixed length, varied length and entitlement decisions where the decision was found against the claimant 6. Information on JSA and ESA sanctions is published and available at: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/ Source: 1. (JSA and ESA): DWP Information, Governance and Security Directorate: Sanctions and Disallowance Decisions Statistics Database. 2. (IS): Income Support Computer System.

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