§ Mr. RoyTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claimants had their jobseeker's allowance reduced during 2001–02 for(a) two weeks and (b) four weeks for not attending or failing to complete (i) Jobplan workshops, (ii) Restart courses, (iii) Workwise and Worklink and (iv) non-prescribed Government programmes where referral was under a jobseeker's direction. [69744]
§ Malcolm WicksThe information is not available.
Jobplan workshops, Restart courses, Workwise and Worklink were phased out when we introduced our New Deal programmes from April 1998. Information on sanctions applied as a result of a person not attending or failing to continue a programme where referral was under a Jobseeker's Direction is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.