§ Lord Addingtonasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is the number of people subject to benefit sanction in whole or in part.[HL2708]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Baroness Hollis of Heigham):Due to the way sanction data are recorded it is not possible to say how many individuals have been subject to a sanction. The Quarterly Statistical Enquiries of Income Support and Jobseekers's Allowance provide data on the number of people subject to certain sanctions at that point in time. The latest information is in the table.
Number of people subject to benefit sanctions as at November 2002 (000s) Jobseekers's Allowance 21.1 Income Support 10.3 Source:
Income Support Quarterly Statistical Enquiry, November 2002.
Jobseekers' Allowance Quarterly Statistical Enquiry, November 2002.
Notes:
1. Figures are based on a 5 per cent sample and are therefore subject to a degree of sampling variation.
2. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred and are expressed in thousands.