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House of Lords written question – answered at on 24 February 2014.

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Photo of Baroness Lister of Burtersett Baroness Lister of Burtersett Labour

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the terms of reference for the second review of sanctions referred to by the Minister of State for Employment, Esther McVey, in oral evidence to the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee referenced at paragraph 99 of its Report The Role of Jobcentre Plus in the Reformed Welfare System (HC 479); and whether the terms of reference will include reviewing (1) the effects of sanctions on the health and wellbeing of those affected, and (2) the behavioural responses to sanctions.

Photo of Lord Freud Lord Freud The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Matthew Oakley is carrying out an independent review of sanctions which will offer recommendations to improve the operations of the sanctions process. Further to this, we are committed to on-going evaluation of the sanctions regime.

We monitor all our policies as a matter of course and as part of this we will be sharing further evidence on sanctions within the forthcoming Work programme Evaluation and the Claimant Commitment research which will provide insight into the impact of sanctions on claimant behaviour.

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