Written question asked by Lord Field of Birkenhead (Labour) on Tuesday, 2 July 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 22 July 2002. It was answered by Nicholas Brown (Labour) on Monday, 22 July 2002 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

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Dept for Work and Pensions

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants had benefits sanctioned for failure to comply with a community service order in the last 12 months; what the sanction was; and over how long it operated, broken down by sex of claimant; what data he has collated on fixed period sanctions to the income-related Jobseeker's Allowance for each year since the sanctions were first applied, subdivided according to whether claimants have without good cause (a) failed to carry out a reasonable jobseeker's directive, (b) failed to apply for a compulsory training scheme or employment programme where this has been notified to them, (c) given up a place on, or failed to attend, a compulsory training scheme or employment programme, (d) neglected to avail themselves of a reasonable opportunity of a place on a training scheme or employment programme and (e) lost a place on a compulsory training scheme or employment programme because of misconduct; and if he will break down these figures according to whether (i) two or (ii) four weeks' sanction was applied; against how many claimants sanctions have been taken since the introduction of the Jobseeker's Allowance; how many cases were because (a) they lost their job through misconduct, (b) left their job voluntarily without just cause, (c) failed to apply or to accept a job notified by the Employment Service without just cause, (d) neglected to avail themselves of a reasonable opportunity of a job without good cause and (e) other causes; and if he will break this data down by whether the claimants were (i) men and (ii) women and by the age of the claimants, noting for each category the average length during which the sanction applied; how many claimants committing fraud have lost benefit on their second offence over the last 12 months; and if he will list the size of the benefit lost and the duration during which the sanction has been or is being applied, broken down by sex; against how many people aged 18 to 24 on the New Deal a (a) two week, (b) four week, (c) 26 week and (d) 52 week sanction has been applied, broken down by (i) the reason for the sanction being applied and (ii) sex of the claimants. - Inc tables. (Holding answer 4 July 2002).

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

389 c815-8W; 66729;66721;66723;66722;66724

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Abuse Benefits rules Age Community service orders Fraud Employment Jobseeker's allowance Disqualification Gender Employment schemes Dismissal Misconduct Offenders Recipients Social security benefits Training Young people Resignations New deal for young people

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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