Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many sanctions have been issued by jobcentres to people (a) working in part-time employment and (b) employed on zero hours contracts in each year for which figures are available.

The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost for point (a), regarding working in part-time employment and for point (b), claimants of JSA cannot be sanctioned in relation to a zero hours contract and therefore none of those sanctioned would be due to a zero hours contract.