Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 11 March 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of jobseeker's allowance had their benefits sanctioned in Scotland in each six month period between 1 November 2012 and 30 September 2014 (a) in each group, (b) of each gender, (c) of each ethnicity, (d) by parental status and (e) by carer status.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of employment and support allowance had their benefits sanctioned in Scotland in each six month period between 1 November 2012 and 30 September 2014 (a) in each group, (b) of each gender, (c) of each ethnicity, (d) by parental status and (e) by disability.
The information requested, in relation to both Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) sanctions, is published and available at:
https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/
Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:
https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm
Information on carer status for JSA sanctions and on parental status and disability for ESA sanctions is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
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