Are Benefit Sanctions Worth it??

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The National Audit Office (NAO) is undertaking a study to examine whether the DWP is achieving value for money from its administration of benefit sanctions. This includes how benefit sanctions fit with the intended aims and outcomes of DWP’s wider working age employment policy, whether sanctions are being implemented in line with policy and whether use of sanctions is leading to the intended outcomes for claimants. You can email your experiences on the NAO website:

https://www.nao.org.uk/work-in-progress/benefit-sanctions/

Benefit sanctions

Scheduled	Autumn 2016
Sector	Welfare and benefits
NAO Team	Director: Max Tse Audit Manager: Colin Ross
Media contact	Rupi Gohlar Direct line: 020 7798 7066 Mobile: 07917 555388 Email: pressoffice@nao.gsi.gov.uk

To receive benefits such as Jobseeker’s Allowance or Universal Credit, some claimants must agree to undertake work-related activities which aim to help them move into work. Not completing these activities can lead to a sanction, where a claimant’s benefit payments are suspended for a period of time.
This study will examine whether the Department for Work and Pensions is achieving value for money from its administration of benefit sanctions. This includes how benefit sanctions fit with the intended aims and outcomes of DWP’s wider working age employment policy, whether sanctions are being implemented in line with policy and whether use of sanctions is leading to the intended outcomes for claimants.
Email above personnel using our contact form selecting welfare and benefits as the topic, marking it for their attention in the subject field.