To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) average loss of income from non-receipt of benefits and (b) average period of time on sanctions was for claimants of employment and support allowance who had their benefit sanctioned in each region and constituent part of the UK in each six month period between 1 November 2012 and 30 September 2014.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) average loss of income from non-receipt of benefits and (b) average period of time on sanctions was for claims of jobseeker's allowance who had their benefit sanctioned in each region and constituent part of the UK in each six month period between 1 November 2012 and 30 September 2014.

For part (a) I refer my hon. Member to the answer I gave on the 2 March 2015 to Question UIN 225001

As the Department doesn’t make an estimate of the amount of benefit that would have been withheld as a result of benefit sanctions we therefore cannot estimate an average loss of income from non-receipt of benefits.

The information requested for part (b) is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.