Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of employment and support allowance claimants that were subject to sanctions in each of the last 12 months.

Information on the number of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants sanctioned in each of the last 12 months is published and available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/jobseekers-allowance-sanctions

Information on the number of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants in the Work Related Activity Group (WRAG) in each of the last 4 quarters is published and available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-and-support-allowance-caseload-statistics

We cannot provide monthly proportions as the ESA caseload data is only available quarterly.