To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's publication Benefit sanctions statistics to October 2022, how many hours of (a) payroll and (b) non-payroll staff were dedicated to the investigative work on sanction durations data in each month for which data is available since November 2020.
Answered on
27 February 2023
We do not hold the information requested.
We will provide updates on progress of the investigative work through the quarterly bulletins and the DWP Statistical Work Programme.
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Department for Work and Pensions