Written question asked by Lord Willetts (Conservative) on Thursday, 27 May 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 23 June 2004. It was answered by Jane Kennedy (Labour) on Wednesday, 23 June 2004 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Dept for Work and Pensions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people on the (a) new Deal for Young People and (b) the New Deal for 25 Plus have had their jobseeker's allowance reduced in each year for (a) two weeks, (b) four weeks and (c) 26 weeks. - Includes fact that information on the duration of benefit sanctions not available.

Answer: Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people on the (a) new Deal for Young People and (b) the New Deal for 25 Plus have had their jobseeker's allowance reduced in each year for (a) two weeks, (b) four weeks and (c) 26 weeks. [177550] Jane Kennedy: Information on the duration of benefit sanctions imposed on people participating in New Deal for Young People and New Deal 25 plus is not available. The Social Security Advisory Committee identified in late 2003 that work needed to be undertaken to review and evaluate the Sanctions Regime and DWP is nearing completion on a new Sanctions Database which will be operational following testing and evaluation. This will provide detailed sanction MI on a regular basis and information will be published in the Library.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 177550; 422 c1441W;422 c1440-1W
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Benefits rules Deductions Jobseeker's allowance Recipients Social security benefits New deal for young people New deal for long term unemployed
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk