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date	19/01/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who have been sanctioned since January 2012 have received hardship payments in each year since then; and what the average level was of such hardship payments.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Mr Michael Meacher
uin	221197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>The latest available published information for Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) hardship awards is for the year from April 2011 to March 2012 and can be accessed via the link below.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/222972/hardship_adhoc_2011_2012.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/222972/hardship_adhoc_2011_2012.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Information on the weekly amount awarded or on the duration of the award is not available. Therefore it is not possible to work out the average level of such hardship payments.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/01/2015 15:46:05 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	454 label Biography information for Mr Michael Meacher

174482

registered interest
date	19/01/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many peer reviews his Department has carried out following the death of benefit claimants; how many such reviews involved the sanctioning of claimants; and in how many cases his Department's action was found to be inappropriate or incorrect.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Mr Michael Meacher
uin	221196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department has conducted 49 peer reviews relating to the death of a claimant. Peer reviews are conducted to assure the Department’s processes.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/01/2015 17:47:19 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	454 label Biography information for Mr Michael Meacher