HL Deb 26 November 2001 vol 629 c10WA
Earl Russell

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many people were excluded from the claimant court for unemployment during the past month as a result of benefit sanction. [HL872]

Baroness Hollis of Heigham

The information is not available. A benefit sanction does not automatically result in a person being excluded from the claimant count, and the database on which sanctions are recorded does not distinguish between those people who are excluded and those who are not.