Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many sanctions were issued to Jobseeker's Allowance claimants in the past year; how many such sanctions were issued as a consequence of not participating in a training or employment scheme; and how many of those were a consequence of missing a single interview.
The information requested in respect of Jobseeker’s Allowance sanctions by reason, is published and can found in table 1.5 at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/jobseekers-allowance-sanctions
This includes those who are sanctioned for the reason “Failure to attend or failure to participate in an Adviser interview without good reason”. However information on how many of those were as a consequence of missing a single interview is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.