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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
400 000 people sanctioned a 64% increase these are not small minority numbers
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Simply churning that figure out means nothing at all ,what is the context ? what type of sanction? what did the claimant do to get sanctioned?
Here are some actual figures ,I'm sure there are more upto date ones if you look these are simply ones I came across with a quick google
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Today’s publication details the number of sanctions imposed from when the new regime was introduced in October 2012 up until September 2013.
They show that:- there has been a rise in the number of sanctions compared with last year – between November 2012 (the first full month of the new sanctions) and September 2013 there were 789,000 sanctions. This compares to 705,000 between November 2011 – September 2012
- the number of the most severe sanctions (refusing employment, leaving employment voluntarily or losing employment through misconduct) has reduced – there were a third less high level sanctions in the 3 months July to September 2013, compared to the same period in 2012
- the most common reason for a JSA sanction (36%) was a failure on the part of the jobseeker to actively look for work
- 30% were sanctioned because they failed to participate in employment programmes (including the Work Programme) designed to help people back to work
- 19% were sanctioned because they didn’t have a good reason for missing a meeting at the Jobcentre
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https://www.gov.uk/government/news/b...ing-culture--2