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Dept for Work and Pensions

Answer

Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have lost benefit as a result of breaching their community service orders; and what the average loss of benefit has been, broken down into claimants of (a) income support, (b) jobseeker's allowance and (c) training allowances. [40453] Malcolm Wicks: The community sentence and benefits measures aim to encourage greater compliance with community orders. Therefore sanctions only apply when people receiving the relevant benefit do not comply with their orders. The number of people who have lost benefit as a result of breaching their community orders is shown in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Benefit Number of individuals Average weekly loss of benefit (£) Income support 16 16.31 Jobseeker's allowance 23 40.72 Training allowance 0 0 Total 39 -- _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. All figures are unrounded. 2. Data are based on clerical returns received at the DWP Information Centre between 15 October 2001 and 4 April 2002, relating to 15 October 2001 and 15 March 2002. 3. Average weekly loss of benefit has been calculated on an individual recipient basis using the jobseeker's allowance payment system (JSAPS) and the income support computer system (ISCS). 4. There are four probation service pilot areas, Derbyshire, Hertfordshire, Teesside and West Midlands. Source: CS Stats forms 1 and 2 (Withdrawal of Benefits Pilot) Information Centre, ASD

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

40453; 384 c868W;384 c867W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Benefits rules Allowances Community service orders Jobseeker's allowance Income support Eligibility Recipients Social security benefits Training

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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