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Jobcentres: Lancashire

Rosie Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many job vacancies were available through job centres in West Lancashire in the financial year ending (a) March 1997 and (b) March 2007. [144972]

Mr. Jim Murphy: The available information is in the following table:

Vacancies notified to Jobcentre Plus in the West Lancashire parliamentary constituency
Financial year Number of vacancies

2006-07

8,690

Notes:
1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
2. Information is only available at constituency level from April 2004.
3. Figures are not fully comparable over time and may not indicate developments in the labour market.
Source:
DWP Information Directorate Jobcentre Plus Labour Market System.

Jobseeker's Allowance

Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claimants of jobseeker’s allowance had their claims terminated on the grounds of failing to actively seek work in each of the last 10 years. [138005]

Mr. Jim Murphy: Jobseeker’s allowance claims are not terminated on the grounds of failing to actively seek work although jobseeker’s allowance is not paid for any period when a jobseeker has failed to actively seek work.

In order to check that jobseekers are actively seeking work, they are asked to provide evidence at their fortnightly intervention of the steps that they have taken. Each fortnight is looked at separately.

When there is any doubt, the jobseeker’s evidence is referred to a decision maker. If the decision maker determines that the jobseeker has failed to actively seek work, their jobseeker’s allowance award will stop for the period in doubt. That is, the jobseeker will not be
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paid for that fortnight. However the claim is not terminated. Jobcentre Plus staff work with the jobseeker to ensure they are clear about what steps are required and will check those steps have been taken at the next fortnightly intervention; if so, their jobseeker’s allowance will be paid. If following the sanction the
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jobseeker fails to attend, and after a further five days has failed to make contact, their claim will be closed, because they failed to sign.

The available information on the number of sanctions applied to jobseeker’s allowance claimants is in the following table.


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Jobseeker’s allowance sanctions in Great Britain each month, April 2000 to January 2007
Thousand
Number of referrals made for fixed length sanctions Number of referrals made for variable length sanctions
Total Number of referrals which resulted in a sanction Total Number of referrals which resulted in a sanction

April 2000

5.36

2.69

35.33

8.33

May 2000

5.76

2.96

40.02

9.76

June 2000

5.53

2.82

40.98

9.56

July 2000

5.18

2.60

39.62

9.35

August 2000

5.90

2.96

43.93

10.16

September 2000

5.57

2.61

40.17

9.09

October 2000

5.97

2.85

43.02

9.48

November 2000

6.39

3.01

44.59

9.91

December 2000

5.09

2.50

31.70

7.84

January 2001

5.86

2.89

43.91

10.44

February 2001

6.19

2.94

42.13

10.04

March 2001

6.83

3.26

44.26

10.65

April 2001

5.44

2.64

34.88

8.88

May 2001

5.62

2.72

38.02

9.61

June 2001

5.94

2.80

39.01

9.57

July 2001

5.94

2.82

40.25

9.80

August 2001

5.91

2.76

43.05

10.62

September 2001

4.97

2.27

34.89

8.31

October 2001

6.11

2.72

38.90

9.68

November 2001

6.08

2.80

39.54

10.24

December 2001

4.70

2.19

27.42

7.41

January 2002

4.92

2.31

37.27

9.38

February 2002

5.63

2.54

38.06

9.44

March 2002

6.04

2.77

38.09

9.75

April 2002

5.94

2.75

36.52

9.31

May 2002

6.50

3.01

39.87

10.64

June 2002

5.20

2.42

31.65

8.37

July 2002

7.14

3.30

42.50

11.24

August 2002

6.14

2.91

40.43

10.47

September 2002

5.76

2.59

40.16

10.26

October 2002

6.13

2.95

41.69

10.92

November 2002

5.66

2.71

39.35

10.11

December 2002

4.72

2.32

30.66

8.38

January 2003

5.26

2.63

39.44

10.31

February 2003

5.56

2.71

36.82

9.79

March 2003

5.78

2.81

36.60

10.04

April 2003

5.30

2.67

30.01

8.37

May 2003

5.51

2.77

29.10

8.11

June 2003

5.67

2.82

28.88

7.95

July 2003

6.19

3.14

31.69

9.00

August 2003

5.03

2.57

27.84

7.55

September 2003

5.63

2.80

30.28

8.05

October 2003

5.40

2.61

31.21

8.24

November 2003

4.87

2.35

28.35

7.60

December 2003

4.73

2.31

26.39

7.45

January 2004

4.61

2.24

30.92

8.18

February 2004

5.00

2.46

29.81

7.71

March 2004

6.02

2.98

34.84

9.39

April 20004

4.20

2.12

24.73

6.98

May 2004

4.25

2.07

24.90

6.83

June 2004

5.15

2.46

27.89

7.39

July 2004

5.18

2.61

27.54

7.52

August 2004

5.06

2.51

26.91

7.21

September 2004

5.18

2.51

28.47

7.15

October 2004

4.89

2.38

26.65

7.13

November 2004

5.36

2.64

27.88

7.04

December 2004

4.49

2.22

23.18

6.25

January 2005

4.29

2.20

24.60

6.64

February 2005

5.06

2.60

26.35

6.80

March 2005

5.35

2.64

27.01

7.14

April 2005

5.09

2.60

25.47

6.98

May 2005

4.68

2.44

23.52

6.50

June 2005

4.99

2.50

24.35

6.62

July 2005

4.67

2.44

23.24

6.21

August 2005

4.84

2.58

23.99

6.35

September 2005

4.50

2.34

22.94

5.99

October 2005

4.29

2.23

21.96

5.76

November 2005

4.80

2.45

23.87

6.20

December 2005

4.22

2.23

18.79

5.12

January 2006

4.35

2.26

21.02

5.48

February 2006

4.75

2.47

21.82

5.40

March 2006

5.81

3.12

26.12

6.51

April 2006

4.53

2.41

18.04

4.55

May 2006

5.35

2.80

20.16

5.00

June 2006

6.08

3.15

20.69

5.12

July 2006

5.12

2.63

18.44

4.52

August 2006

5.76

2.94

20.41

4.95

September 2006

5.99

3.01

19.79

4.80

October 2006

6.89

3.29

23.27

5.48

November 2006

7.93

3.86

24.51

5.79

December 2006

6.51

3.09

18.37

4.91

January 2007

8.31

3.98

24.79

6.50

Notes:
1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
2. Figures for later months are subject to revision due to retrospection.
Source:
Information Directorate: JSA Sanctions and Disallowance Decisions Statistics Database; data are cumulative from April 2000 to current data extract date.

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