Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average number of days is that claimants for universal credit in Garston and Halewood constituency have been sanctioned in the last twelve months for missing appointments.

The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Statistics on Universal Credit sanction decisions by constituency can be found at:

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/.

Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html.

Additionally, the latest benefits sanctions statistics for Great Britain can be accessed at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-sanctions-statistics-to-april-2018