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Written question asked by Joan Ruddock (Labour) on Wednesday, 18 March 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 March 2015 (named day). It was answered by Esther McVey (Conservative) on Monday, 23 March 2015 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.


Social Security Benefits: Greater London

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseeker's allowance (JSA) sanctions there were per 100 JSA claimants in each London borough in the latest period for which figures are available.

Answer

Information on the number of Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) sanctions, by various geographies, is available and published 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

Claimant count JSA figures are published at:

https://www.nomisweb.co.uk

These figures will enable the information requested to be estimated.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
228288
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Disqualification Greater London Social security benefits
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk