Official Statistics

Income Support lone parent regime: February 2013

Statistics on Income Support lone parent regime (ISLP) with figures on lone parent work-focused interviews and ISLP sanctions to September 2012

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 20 February 2013
• Last updated: 19 February 2014 — See all updates

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

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Statistics on Income Support lone parent regime (ISLP) with figures on lone parent Work Focused Interviews and ISLP sanctions to September 2012

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These are the official statistics relating to the Income Support lone parent (ISLP) regime. They contain figures on lone parent work-focused interviews (WFIs) and ISLP sanctions up to the end of September 2012.

Main findings

In the year up to and including September 2012, we conducted 828,400 work-focused interviews with lone parents in receipt of Income Support.

In the year up to and including September 2012, we imposed 56,800 sanctions on lone parents in receipt of Income Support. These sanctions were imposed upon 51,500 individual claims. This represents 6% of the Income Support lone parent client base in that 12 month period.

Sanctions overcount

Due to a coding error, an overcount in the total number of sanctions imposed in the year up to and including September 2012 was published in this release. The figure has been revised to 56,800 (previously 64,100). The error has had no impact on the number of claims sanctioned, nor the proportion of claims sanctioned statistic as they were produced using unaffected methodology.

A small undercount

A small undercount has affected these statistics.

Published 20 February 2013
Last updated 19 February 2014 + show all updates

1. 19 February 2014

   Updated to correct erroneous data on the number of sanctions imposed on lone parents in receipt of Income Support.

2. 29 May 2013

   Monthly statistical update added: May 2013.

3. 20 February 2013

   First published.