Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each Scottish city have been subject to a benefits sanction in each of the last five years; and what proportion of such sanctions were imposed for each reason.

The information we have for Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance adverse sanction decisions, by geography and reason, 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.