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Written question asked by Lord Brennan of Canton (Labour) on Thursday, 24 March 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 11 April 2016. It was answered by Priti Patel (Conservative) on Monday, 11 April 2016 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.


Jobseeker's Allowance: Disqualification

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the top five reasons were for imposing sanctions on jobseeker's allowance claimants in each year for which data is available.

Answer

The available information for the number of Jobseeker’s Allowance sanction decisions, by referral reason, is published and can be found 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/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
32501
Session
2015-16
Subjects
Jobseeker's allowance Disqualification
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk