Esther McVey
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(10 years, 5 months ago)
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Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East) (Lab)
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions, the right hon. Member for Wirral West (Esther McVey), contradicted my hon. Friend the Member for Jarrow (Mr Hepburn) earlier when he asked about the sanctions rate. She said that the number of successful appeals was around only 10%. According to the Trussell Trust’s “Below the Breadline” report, the average success rate was 58% over the period from 22 October 2012 to 30 September 2013, and in the three months to 30 September 2013 it was 86%. How can we put on the record whether those figures cited by the Trussell Trust are correct and where the Minister managed to get the figure of 10% from?
Esther McVey
Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. I gave the official statistics, and I was correct.
Mr Speaker
Well, we will leave it there for today, but knowing the hon. Lady—