Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria were used for evaluating the trial of using early warnings for sanctions on jobseeker's allowance.

The interim report will contain an initial estimate of the difference in rate of sanction as a result of the claimants receiving the early warning letter. The final report, which we plan to publish around April 2017, will also contain a qualitative evaluation based on interviews with claimants involved in the trial and DWP staff operating the new process as well as a final estimate for the quantitative impact