Dr Eilidh Whiteford – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dr Eilidh Whiteford on 2014-03-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Scotland applied for a hardship payment after being subject to benefit sanctions in each month from March 2013 to March 2014.

Esther McVey

The Department only records total number of applications made for hardship payments.