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47693

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants were sanctioned for failure to attend an appointment between (a) April 2012 and April 2013 and (b) April 2013 and April 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	195947
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>In the latest quarter for which figures are available (June to Aug 2013), decisions to apply a sanction were made against approximately two per cent of JSA claims, two per cent of ISLP claims and around one quarter of a per cent of ESA claims for failure to attend an appointment</p><p> </p><p>The information requested up to September 2013 is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Number of individuals who had their benefit sanctioned for failure to attend: Great Britain, April 2012 to September 2013.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>April 2012 to March 2013</p></td><td><p>April 2013 to September 2013</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>274,650</p></td><td><p>94,340</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: DWP Information, Governance and Security Directorate: Sanctions and Disallowance Decisions Statistics Database and Income Support Computer System</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 and totals will include individuals who have had a sanction applied for more than one period e.g. if an individual had a sanction applied in April 2012 and in April 2013 then they will appear in both of these periods.</li><li>Individuals who have had claims for more than one benefit sanctioned in the period will count twice, e.g. an individual receiving an ESA sanction in April 2012 who makes a subsequent JSA claim and receives a JSA sanction will count twice</li></ol><p>3. The number of individuals sanctioned is the number of sanction or disallowance referrals where the decision was found against the claimant.</p><p>4. New sanctions rules came into force for JSA and ESA from 22 October 2012 and 3 December 2012. 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> Failure to attend for JSA 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.Failure to attend for ESA includes: Failure to attend/participate in a mandatory interview.</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. Information on JSA and ESA sanctions is published and available at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

47691

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department issues to Jobcentre Plus on giving written appointment cards to claimants with details of future appointments.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	195946
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Jobcentre staff are advised to confirm, in writing, the details of all appointments a claimant is required to attend. This includes the date, time and location of the appointment, what the claimant must do if they cannot attend and the consequences of failing to attend any of these appointments without good reason.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

47694

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any jobseeker's allowance claimant was sanctioned for not signing on Christmas Day.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	195943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>It is not Jobcentre Plus policy to sanction jobseeker's allowance claimants for not signing on Christmas Day. Jobcentres are closed as this is a Public Holiday.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

47695

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is when a claimant's regular signing on date date falls on a bank holiday.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	195945
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Jobseeker's Allowance claimants who are due to attend their local jobcentre on a public holiday are excused from doing so and an advanced payment is issued.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants must continue to meet the conditions of entitlement, by being available for and looking for work and the actions they have taken to do so are reviewed at the claimant's next attendance.</p><p> </p><p>The claimant is informed of this and issued with a formal notification at their attendance prior to the public holiday.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

62901

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	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	Disadvantaged: EU Grants and Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of the EU's Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived he has allocated to public bodies and non-governmental organisations in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	201516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>No allocations have yet been made.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 25/06/2014 15:17:31 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

62902

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	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	Disadvantaged: EU Grants and Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of the EU's Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived he intends to allocated to public bodies and non-governmental organisations in each year between 2014 and 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	201517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>No allocations have yet been made.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 25/06/2014 14:55:09 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle