HL Deb 16 October 1995 vol 566 c73WA
Earl Russell

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many people have suffered a reduction in benefit for failure to attend or complete a Jobplan Workshop under SI 1993/315, how many have subsequently had their benefit restored on appeal, and how many have since (a) completed a Jobplan Workshop or (b) suffered a further reduction in benefit for their continuing failure to do so.

Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish

The information is not available in the format requested.

For the period from April 1993 to March 1994 the combined total of reductions in benefit for failure to attend or complete a Jobplan Workshop or mandatory Restart course was 36,0002.

For the period from April 1994 to the end of April 1995, there were 44,8003 reductions in benefit for failure to attend or complete a Jobplan Workshop.

Notes:

1 Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred.

2 Jobplan workshops started in April 1993. From April 1993 to March 1994 statistics were combined with those for Restart courses.

3 The figure is provisional and subject to amendment.