Evidence: All Benefit Sanctions NEVER suspended from 30/3/20 to 30/6/20

Regulations on suspending #BenefitSanctions, for 3 months and restarted July 1st 2020, only covered Work Search and Availability for Work
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/371/made
For example these regulations, do not cover sanctions for leaving a job voluntarily, without good-cause.
https://worksmart.org.uk/work-rights/losing-your-job/leaving-your-job/will-i-lose-out-benefits-if-i-leave-my-job-voluntarily

The Generic UC Claimant Commitments issued during the suspension did and do still refer to Sanctions
https://pastebin.com/CjHFu3f6

Indefinite sanctions could be stopped by contact with DWP
https://www.rightsnet.org.uk/forums/viewthread/15837/#75216

Sanctions that pre dated the suspension did not end:
"We are focused on the processing of claims and will not be checking conditionality compliance regarding preparing for, looking for and being available for work until the end of June. This means that claimants won’t receive any new sanctions if they are unable to meet these commitments during this period.

We currently have no plans to cancel or suspend pre-existing sanctions. Claimants who were sanctioned before Covid 19 can continue to apply for hardship payments and are no worse off as a result of the pandemic. We continue to review our policies as the situation evolves."
29 April 2020
https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2020-04-20/37590/
+ “During the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, you will not get a sanction if you cannot keep to your Claimant Commitment”
https://www.gov.uk/universal-credit/your-responsibilities
Screenshot https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVAJSEmVAAcdxnu?format=png&name=large (accessed 7/4/20)


Removal of #BenefitSanctions suspension on July 1st 'is not simply a return to the position before lockdown', it is now "a huge" increase as millions more claimants are exposed to risk of sanctions, as Universal Credit now has 5.5 million claimants, 3.2 million of which made
a new claim during the covid19 lockdown
https://twitter.com/benefitforums/status/1293501667569278976

Issues above in the 1 July 2020 #BenefitSanctions briefing
https://cpag.org.uk/sites/default/files/files/20-06%20Sanctions%20Stats%20Briefing%20-%20D.Webster.docx
More briefings https://cpag.org.uk/policy-and-campaigns/briefing/david-webster-university-glasgow-briefings-benefit-sanctions

Collection: Benefit sanctions statistics
Statistics on the number of sanctions imposed on people who receive JSA, ESA (WRAG), IS or Universal Credit.
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/jobseekers-allowance-sanctions