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Benefit sanctions inquiry
Benefit sanctions inquiry
Inquiry launched on 12 April 2018. Accepting written submissions; the deadline is 25 May 2018.
Scope of the inquiry
The inquiry will look at recent sanctions policy developments, like the "yellow card" system which gives claimants 14 days to challenge a decision to impose a sanction before it is put into effect. The system was announced in late 2015 although there is still no date for introducing it.
The inquiry will also consider the evidence base for the impact of sanctions, both that emerging from newly published statistics, and the robustness of the evidence base for the current use of sanctions as a means of achieving policy objectives. Previously published in the Department's quarterly statistical summaries, the Benefit Sanctions Statistics will now be a separate quarterly publication.
Terms of reference: Benefit sanctions inquiry Send a written submissionLatest evidence
No evidence has been published by the committee yet.
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Benefit sanctions inquiry launchedWork and Pensions Committee investigates how benefit sanctions are working and whether they could be improved