United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 26813
Social Security Benefits
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9 March 2020
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12 March 2020 · Answer
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12 March 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that people whose appointments with her Department are cancelled do not have their benefits suspended for non-attendance of those meetings.
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9 March 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that people whose appointments with her Department are cancelled do not have their benefits suspended for non-attendance of those meetings.
Source: Commons
12 March 2020
Answer
A claim to benefit should not be suspended due to an appointment being cancelled by the Department. If there is no alternative but to cancel a scheduled appointment at the Jobcentre, claimants will be contacted to apologise for the cancellation, explain t...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-03-09/26813
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1183545
- uk · wq-1183545 · source updated 12 March 2020