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Work and Pensions - Minutes of Evidence Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 3 March 2008. Oral evidence Taken before the Work and Pensions Committee on Monday 3 March 2008 Members present: Mr Terry Rooney, in the Chair Tom Levitt Miss Anne Begg Michael Jabez Foster Harry Cohen John Penrose Mr Oliver Heald   CONTENTS Witnesses: Sir Leigh Lewis, KCBE, Permanent Secretary, Mr Adam Sharples, Director General, Work, Welfare and Equality Group, and Mr Phil Wynn Owen, Director General, Strategy and Pensions, Department for Work and Pensions, gave evidence. Question Numbers: 1-19 20-39 40-59 60-79 80-92 Memorandum submitted by DWP Supplementary memorandum submitted by DWP Total number of individuals with JSA sanctions/disallowances in GB—1 March 2006 to 31 July 2007 Varied length sanctions Fixed length sanctions Entitlement decisions

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