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<p /> <p /> <p>The available information as requested is shown in the table below.</p><p>
</p><p>Number of individuals with an adverse benefit sanction applied in Ayr, Carrick
and Cumnock Parliamentary Constituency by each month, January to December 2013.</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Parliamentary
Constituency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-13</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-13</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-13</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-13</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-13</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-13</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-13</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-13</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-13</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-13</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-13</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-13</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p>Source (JSA and ESA): DWP Information, Governance and Security Directorate:
Sanctions and Disallowance Decisions Statistics Database.</p><p>Source (IS): Income
Support Computer System</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Figures have been rounded to
the nearest 10.</p><p>2. The number of benefit sanctions applied is the number of
claimants with a sanction or disallowance referral where the decision was found against
them for those in receipt of Jobseeker's Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance
and Income Support for Lone Parents.</p><p>3. Figures may include individuals who
have been sanctioned in more than one month, i.e. if the same individual had received
adverse sanction referrals in May and November, they would appear in both months in
the above table.</p><p>4. Data is up to December 2013 which is the latest available.</p><p>5.
Income Support Lone Parents receive a fixed sanction of 20% of the personal allowance
rate of a single claimant [not aged less than 25] for each failure to attend/participate
in a Work Focused Interview until 10 pence is left in payment. This sanction lasts
until the individual attends and participates in a Work Focused Interview. In the
case where there is more than one sanction in place the claimant need only attend/participate
in one Work Focused Interview in order for all related sanctions to be removed from
their benefit.</p><p>6. New sanctions rules came into force for JSA and ESA from 22
October 2012 and 3 December 2012. The number of JSA sanctions applied for the new
regime is the number of low, intermediate, and high level referrals where the decision
was found against the claimant. Further information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jobseekers-allowance-overview-of-sanctions-rules"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jobseekers-allowance-overview-of-sanctions-rules</a></p><p>7.
The information for JSA and ESA sanctions is published at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/"
target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>
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