§ Mr. WillettsTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people on the(a) new Deal for Young People and (b) the New Deal for 25 Plus have had their jobseeker's allowance reduced in each year for (a) two weeks, (b) four weeks and (c) 26 weeks. [177550]
§ Jane KennedyInformation on the duration of benefit sanctions imposed on people participating in New Deal for Young People and New Deal 25 plus is not available.
The Social Security Advisory Committee identified in late 2003 that work needed to be undertaken to review and evaluate the Sanctions Regime and DWP is nearing completion on a new Sanctions Database which will be 1441W operational following testing and evaluation. This will provide detailed sanction MI on a regular basis and information will be published in the Library.
§ Mr. WillettsTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people on the(a) new Deal for Young People and (b) the New Leal for 25 Plus have had sanctions on their jobseeker's allowance in each year since 1998–99. [177551]
§ Jane KennedyInformation about the number of sanctions applied to participants in New Deal 25 plus is not available. The Social Security Advisory Committee identified in late 2003 that work needed to be undertaken to review and evaluate the Sanctions Regime and DWP is nearing completion on a new Sanctions Database which will be operational following testing and evaluation. This will provide detailed sanction MI on a regular basis and information will be published in the Library.
Information on the number of sanctions applied to participants in New Deal for Young People is in the following table.
Number of sanctions applied to participants in New Deal for Young People Number of sanctions imposed1 1998–99 8,030 1999–2000 18,764 2000–01 17,507 2001–02 12,972 2002–03 13,416 2003–04 12,816 1Some people may have been sanctioned more than once during a year. Source: Labour Market Statistics–Analysis of Sector Decisions. Full information on sanction decisions relating to jobseeker's allowance and New Deal for Young People can be found in the report "Labour Market Statistics—Analysis of Sector Decisions". Copies of quarterly and annual reports are available in the Library.
§ Mr. WillettsTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people participated in each New Deal scheme; and how many of these received a benefit sanction each year, broken down by(a) New Deal programme and (b) type of sanction. [177555]
§ Jane KennedyInformation on the number of people who have participated in each New Deal scheme is in the following table.
Number of New Deal Participants1 New Deal for Young People2 831,350 New Deal 25 plus3 496,790 New Deal for Lone Parents4 459,070 New Deal for Disabled Peoples5 69,460 New Deal for Partners6 7,480 New Deal 50 plus7 98,040 1All figures relate to individuals who have started each programme.
2 January 1998 to December 2003.
3 April 1998 to December 2003.
4 October 1998 to December 2003.
5 Pilots launched in September 1998. National network of NDDP job brokers launched from July 2001. Up to December 2003.
1442W6Launched as New Deal for Partners of Unemployed People in April 1999. Extended to partners of other benefit recipients in April 2001. Up to December 2003.
7New Deal 50 plus was introduced in nine pathfinder areas on 25 October 1999 and rolled out nationally on 3 April 2000. Up to March 2003.
Source:
New Deal Evaluation Database, Information and Analysis Directorate, DWP.
Within the New Deal programme, benefit sanctions are only applied within the New Deal for Young People and New Deal 25 plus. Information is not available for sanctions applied to participants in New Deal 25 plus.
The Social Security Advisory Committee identified in late 2003 that work needed to be undertaken to review and evaluate the Sanctions Regime and DWP is nearing completion on a new Sanctions Database which will be operational following testing and evaluation. This will provide detailed sanction M1 on a regular basis and information will be published in the Library.
Information on the numbers of sanctions applied to New Deal for Young People participants broken down by reason for sanction, up to March 1999, is published in the "Analysis of Adjudication Officers' Decisions". Information from April 1999 onwards is published in "Analysis of Sector Decision Making". Copies of quarterly and annual reports are available in the Library.
§ Mr. WillettsTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what progress officials in his Department have made in providing more detailed and robust information on the sanction regime of the New Deal for Young People in the last year; if he will place the results of that progress in the Library; and if he will make a statement. [177556]
§ Jane KennedyMore detailed and robust information on the sanction regime of the New Deal for Young People will be available as part of a new Sanctions Evaluation Database.
The Social Security Advisory Committee identified in late 2003 that work needed to be undertaken to review and evaluate the Sanctions Regime and DWP is nearing completion on the new Sanctions Database which will be operational following testing and evaluation. This will provide detailed sanction MI on a regular basis and information will be published in the Library.
It is anticipated that the new Sanctions Database will be operational in summer 2004.