Inclusion London’s evidence to the 2018 Work and Pensions Committee’s inquiry into benefit sanctions

Inclusion London welcomes the opportunity to submit evidence to the Work and Pensions Commons Select Committee’s inquiry on benefit sanctions.

Read our evidence here: IL written submission Sanctions inquiry 2018

Sanctions statistics re Deaf and Disabled people

• Deaf and Disabled people ‘on JSA were 26–53 per cent more likely to be sanctioned than non-disabled claimants between 2010 and 2014.’[1]
• 31,300 Deaf or Disabled people received an Employment Support Allowance sanction from Feb 2017 to Jan 2018.[2]

Summary

Inclusion London is opposed to the sanctioning of benefits which evidence demonstrates has zero or negative impacts on employment outcomes for Disabled people while actively causing serious harm on a significant scale.

Read our evidence here: IL written submission Sanctions inquiry 2018

[1] https://www.demos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2018_A_Better_WCA_is_possible_FULL-4.pdf

[2]https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/706823/benefit-sanctions-statistics-to-january-2018.pdf   See page 6