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<p> </p><p>The information requested is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p>Number of individuals who had their Jobseeker's Allowance sanctioned for failure
to attend, from April 2000 to September 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Failure to attend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>1,408,227</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire</p></td><td><p>16,794</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth
UA</p></td><td><p>5,169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth South constituency</p></td><td><p>3,158</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: DWP Information, Governance and Security
Directorate: Sanctions and Disallowance Decisions Statistics Database.</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>Notes: </p><p> </p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>Jobseeker's Allowance
(JSA) figures have been randomly adjusted to avoid the release of confidential data.</li></ol><p>
</p><p>2. A table produced with no breakdowns, only containing a total, will be a
measure of the total number of individual people who have had a (JSA) sanction decision
made i.e. an individual person will be counted once, irrespective of their characteristics,
sanction decision outcome, reason for referral etc.</p><p> </p><p>3. New sanctions
rules came into force for JSA from 22 October 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>
</p><p>4. Information on the old JSA regime is available from April 2000 to 21 October
2012. The number of JSA sanctions applied was the number of fixed length, varied length
and entitlement decisions where the decision was found against the claimant.</p><p>
</p><p>5. The figure for Hampshire includes the following local authorities: Basingstoke
and Deane, East Hampshire, Eastleigh, Fareham, Gosport, Hart, Havant, New Forest,
Rushmoor, Test Valley and Winchester.</p><p> </p><p>6. Failure to attend includes:
Failure to attend a place on a training scheme or employment programme, Failure to
attend or failure to participate in an Adviser interview and Failure to attend Back
to Work Session, without good reason.</p><p> </p><p>7. This information is published
and available at:</p><p> </p><p> <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p>
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