Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of benefit sanctions in Middlesbrough were overturned following a mandatory reconsideration in the last 12 months.

The number of Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) mandatory reconsiderations overturned for Middlesbrough Unitary Authority is published at:

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

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

https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm

Proportions can then be calculated using the published figures.