Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 6 November 2013.
Stephen Hepburn
Labour, Jarrow
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 25 April 2013, Official Report, columns 1080-2W, on jobseeker's allowance, how many claimants of jobseeker's allowance in (a) Jarrow Constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK have (i) received a sanction and (ii) received a sanction and disputed it since 2012.
Esther McVey
The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions
DWP plan to release official statistics on jobseeker's allowance (JSA) sanction decisions at 9.30 am on
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/jobseekers-allowance-sanctions
Yes2 people think so
No1 person thinks not
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