Benefits: Sanctions Debate
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Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
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Thursday 10th September 2015
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Lord Freud
We have done surveys on this and found that people say that the sanctions regime encourages positive behaviour. According to the figures we have, which have been published, 72% of JSA claimants and 61% of ESA claimants say that it impacts on their behaviour.
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