United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 55657
Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus
Introduced
5 June 2020
Last action
23 June 2020 · Answer
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23 June 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has in place to ensure that benefit claimants who (a) are shielding due to the covid- 19 outbreak and (b) have caring responsibilities are not sanctioned if they are unable to
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5 June 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has in place to ensure that benefit claimants who (a) are shielding due to the covid- 19 outbreak and (b) have caring responsibilities are not sanctioned if they are unable to
Source: Commons
23 June 2020
Answer
We made the decision to temporarily suspend the requirement for face-to-face Jobcentre Plus appointments for all claimants in Universal Credit, New Style Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), old-style JSA and ESA, and In...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-06-05/55657
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1201512
- uk · wq-1201512 · source updated 23 June 2020