Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many sanctions were given to benefit claimants in Renfrewshire who are (a) lone parents and (b) have a learning disability in each of the last five years.

Information that is available in respect of Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) lone parent sanctions is published and available at:

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/:

Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:

https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html

The rest of the information as requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.