495 (2024). Ricardo Menéndez March to the Minister for Social Development and Employment

495 (2024). Ricardo Menéndez March to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: What is the number of sanctions, if any, imposed on clients receiving Jobseeker Support (Health and Disability) or the Supported Living Payment for each quarter since September 2023, broken down by ethnicity, age band, gender, and sanction type?

Hon Louise Upston: I refer the member to the attached tables: Table 1: The number of sanctions for failing work obligations for Jobseeker Support – Health Condition or Disability and Supported Living Payment clients, with or without children during the period 1 October 2023 to 31 December 2023, broken down by ethnicity. Table 2: The number of sanctions for failing work obligations for Jobseeker Support – Health Condition or Disability and Supported Living Payment clients, with or without children during the period 1 October 2023 to 31 December 2023, broken down by age group. Table 3: The number of sanctions for failing work obligations for Jobseeker Support – Health Condition or Disability and Supported Living Payment clients, with or without children during the period 1 October 2023 to 31 December 2023, broken down by gender. Table 4: The number of sanctions for failing work obligations for Jobseeker Support – Health Condition or Disability and Supported Living Payment clients, with or without children during the period 1 October 2023 to 31 December 2023, broken down by sanction type. This is also my answer to written parliamentary question 493 (2024).