BenefitsAdvice
Would you like to react to this message? Create an account in a few clicks or log in to continue.

Labour Market Policy Update :Written statement - HCWS1545

2 posters

Go down

Labour Market Policy Update :Written statement - HCWS1545 Empty Labour Market Policy Update :Written statement - HCWS1545

Post by Non Deficere Thu May 09, 2019 12:49 pm

No sure where to put this, we don't have a sanction category

Conditionality and sanctions are an important part of the welfare system, motivating claimants to engage with the support on offer to look for work while ensuring the system is fair to the taxpayer.

Sanctions must be proportionate, particularly for the most vulnerable. The level of a sanction depends on the severity of the claimant’s failure to comply with their work-related requirements. Sanctions escalate for subsequent failures, carrying greater penalties. Under current policy, a claimant on Universal Credit or Jobseeker’s Allowance may receive a three-year sanction the third or subsequent time they have failed to comply with a work-related requirement.

Three-year sanctions are rarely used, but I believe that they are counter-productive and ultimately undermine our goal of supporting people into work.

I have reviewed my Department’s internal data, which shows that a six-month sanction already provides a significant incentive for claimants to engage with the labour market regime. I agree with the Work and Pensions Select Committee that a three-year sanction is unnecessarily long and I feel that the additional incentive provided by a three-year sanction can be outweighed by the unintended impacts to the claimant due to the additional duration. For these reasons, I have now decided to remove three year sanctions and reduce the maximum sanction length to six months by the end of the year.

It is important that sanctions remain proportionate to ensure they promote the best outcomes. For this reason, the Department is currently carrying out a further evaluation into the effectiveness of UC sanctions at supporting claimants to search for work. I will consider what other improvements can be made following this and inform the House in due course.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
https://twitter.com/PaulieTandoori/status/1126438423802392576

This is an attempt to grab the headlines in advance of report we're publishing tomorrow about mixed age couples policy and horrendous effects. Very few people got 3 year sanctions, vast majority get one or six months anyway.


Last edited by Non Deficere on Sat May 25, 2019 7:12 am; edited 1 time in total
Non Deficere
Non Deficere

Posts : 724
Points : 1343
Reputation : 167
Join date : 2017-12-15

Back to top Go down

Labour Market Policy Update :Written statement - HCWS1545 Empty Re: Labour Market Policy Update :Written statement - HCWS1545

Post by Caker Fri May 24, 2019 5:17 pm

public services is about the nearest category we have for this.
Caker
Caker

Posts : 1812
Points : 2414
Reputation : 270
Join date : 2017-04-14

Back to top Go down

Back to top

- Similar topics

 
Permissions in this forum:
You cannot reply to topics in this forum