Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants from Bethnal Green and Bow constituency had benefit sanctions overturned in the last 12 months.

The information requested in respect of Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) is shown in the table below.

Source: DWP Information, Governance and Security Directorate: Sanctions and Disallowance Decisions Statistics Database.

Notes:

1. Statistical disclosure control has been applied to protect against the identification of individual claimants.

2. The data provided is for the number of appeals and reconsiderations overturned in Bethnal Green and Bow Parliamentary Constituency for JSA and ESA only. The decision to apply a sanction can be overturned following reconsideration or appeal by the Sector Decision Maker.

3. The information shown in the table is published at:

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

The information requested on Income Support Lone Parents is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.