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Jobseeker's Allowance

John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many appeals there have been against sanctions issued for non-compliance with the jobseeker's allowance regime in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [261065]

Mr. McNulty: Fixed-length sanctions are issued for non-compliance with the jobseeker's allowance interventions regime. The information is in the following table.

Financial year	Fixed-length sanctions imposed	Appeals received
2003-04	31,720	370
2004-05	28,960	360
2005-06	29,650	380
2006-07	39,180	500
2007-08	47,000	670
Note: All figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Some additional disclosure control is applied. Source: DWP Information Directorate: Jobseeker's Allowance Sanctions and Disallowance Decisions Statistics Database.

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Ms Keeble: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) men and (b) women were in receipt of (i) contribution-based and (ii) income-based jobseeker’s allowance in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available. [262426]

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Mr. McNulty: The available information is in the following table; the data are collected quarterly and not month by month.

Male and female recipients of jobseeker’s allowance August 2007 to August 2008, Great Britain
	Males			Females
Date	Contribution Based Only	Contribution and Income Based	Income Based Only	Contribution Based Only	Contribution and Income Based	Income Based Only
August 2007	76,900	10,100	431,100	37,100	1,100	160,400
February 2008	95,000	11,100	437,700	37,800	1,300	154,400
May 2008	90,600	11,600	427,600	37,200	1,200	149,700
August 2008	105,600	13,100	453,500	45,700	1,700	169,300
Notes: 1. Figures have been uprated using 5 per cent. proportions against 100 per cent. WPLS totals. 2. Figures are rounded to the nearest 100. 3. Figures for November 2007 are not available due to JSA data for that quarter not being received by IFD. 4. Data are published at www.nomisweb.co.uk. Source: DWP Information Directorate work and pensions longitudinal study (WPLS) Information Directorate, 5 per cent. samples.

John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what percentage of jobseeker's allowance claimants had been claiming the benefit for over 12 months in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. [262845]

Mr. McNulty [holding answer 11 March 2009]: The information is in the following table.

Proportion of jobseeker’s allowance claimants who had been claiming for over 12 months as at January in each year 2000 to 2009
January	Claimants (percentage)
2000	22.0
2001	19.4
2002	16.3
2003	14.5
2004	14.8
2005	14.4
2006	13.9
2007	16.5
2008	14.0
2009	8.4
Notes: 1. Percentages are rounded to one decimal place. 2. Claimant count data are published at https://www.nomisweb.co.uk. 3. Figures exclude clerical cases. Source: 100 per cent. count of claimants of unemployment-related benefits, Jobcentre Plus Computer Systems (computer held cases only).

Mr. Bone: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many jobseeker’s allowance claimants there were in (a) the UK and (b) Wellingborough constituency on the latest date for which figures are available. [263438]

Mr. McNulty: In January 2009, there were 1,282,645 people claiming jobseeker’s allowance in the UK and 2,710 in Wellingborough constituency. These numbers are based on seasonally unadjusted figures.

Notes:

1. Data are rounded to the nearest five.

2. Data are published at https://www.nomisweb.co.uk.

3. This is the seasonally unadjusted figure for the UK and has been used for comparison purposes as seasonally adjusted figures are not available for parliamentary constituencies. The headline change reported for the UK is 351,500

Source:

100 per cent. count of claimants of unemployment-related benefits, Jobcentre Plus Computer Systems (excludes clerical cases).

Jobseeker's Allowance: Bexley

Mr. Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people resident in each ward in the London Borough of Bexley claimed jobseeker’s allowance in each of the last 12 months. [262211]

Mr. McNulty: The information is in the following table.

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	2008											2009
Ward	Feb	Mar	April	May	June	Jul y	Aug	Sep t	Oc t	Nov	De c	Jan
Barnehurst	75	90	90	75	80	95	100	120	130	125	140	155
Belvedere	145	155	160	165	150	155	165	190	190	190	210	220
Blackfen and Lamorbey	60	70	65	60	65	60	80	90	100	110	120	155
Blendon and Penhill	55	45	60	60	60	50	50	60	65	75	90	120
Brampton	55	55	55	55	60	60	65	70	75	85	100	110
Christchurch	105	90	95	105	85	90	90	105	105	115	125	145
Colyers	185	195	190	180	185	190	205	220	210	210	220	240
Cray Meadows	90	85	85	90	95	110	130	145	145	150	175	190
Crayford	120	130	120	110	105	115	135	160	175	180	195	220
Danson Park	85	75	75	90	105	100	110	135	125	145	160	185
East Wickham	90	80	85	80	95	90	105	125	120	135	165	190
Erith	175	175	195	195	190	180	190	200	185	195	230	260
Falconwood and Welling	80	65	75	80	70	75	75	85	100	100	110	135
Lesnes Abbey	130	135	140	150	145	135	150	170	175	200	225	230
Longlands	55	50	50	45	50	50	60	65	75	80	90	105
North End	205	210	210	215	215	210	215	230	230	230	265	305
Northumberland Heath	100	95	100	95	100	90	110	110	105	115	125	140
Sidcup	70	70	75	70	65	65	75	80	85	80	90	100
St. Mary’s	55	50	50	60	50	50	60	65	70	80	85	115
St. Michael’s	85	90	95	95	95	95	90	105	125	125	145	170
Thamesmead East	240	235	235	230	235	235	240	260	270	290	315	345
Notes: 1. Data are rounded to the nearest 5. 2. Data are published at https://www.nomisweb.co.uk. 3. Figures exclude clerical cases. Source: 100 per cent. count of claimants of unemployment-related benefits, Jobcentre Plus computer systems (computer held cases only).

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