Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants who had been referred for sanction were not sanctioned following provision of a recognised good reason for not having fulfilled their claimant conditions in the latest period for which figures are available.
The information as requested is not available but such information we can provide is for the number of Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance non adverse mandatory reconsiderations, by reason for referral and this is available 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