Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 19 January 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to stop any benefits sanctions being applied to people living in poverty.
For claimants who cannot meet their most immediate and essential needs as a result of a sanction, hardship support is available. A claimant is only sanctioned when they fail to comply with agreed requirements without good reason.
Conditionality has long been an essential part of employment support and claimants have to fulfil set requirements, which boost their chances of moving into employment or increasing their hours, in order to receive their benefit
Many of our claimants are also entitled to other elements in UC, such as housing, child or disability elements. If a sanction is applied, claimants continue to receive these parts of the award.
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