A Decision Makers Guide is a document Decision Makers who impose sanctions are supposed to follow. A snippet is as follows:
DMG 34004 Sanctions do not apply while receiving a training allowance (i.e. if you were doing balance of time)
DMG 34005 NDYP claimants doing VSO/FTET/ETF/Self-Employment are only subject to fixed sanctions (2,4,26)
DMG 34015 Fixed sanctions for losing, giving up or failing to attend a training programme or refusing to apply or neglecting an opportunity for a training programme (2,4 and 26 weeks)
DMG 34017 2 week fixed benefit sanction unless another offence committed in 12 months prior. If a previous sanction existed then it should be a 4 week benefit sanction.
DMG 34020 Sanctions relating to Gateway 2 Work is always for 2 weeks.
DMG 34022 A fixed benefit sanction will always be for 4 weeks if the claimant has been previously been sanctioned for Gateway 2 Work course, the second offence isn’t related to a New Deal option and the sanction begins within the 12 month period from the previous offence.
DMG 34023 It is not possible to be sanctioned for 26 weeks without being sanctioned for 4 weeks within a 12 month period. You can’t have two 4 week sanctions in a 12 month period for New Deal offences.
DMG 34024 Failure to comply with a Jobseeker Direction is never a New Deal offence.
DMG 34025 A 26 week sanction is only applicable where a previous 4 week sanction or 26 week sanction was imposed within the last 12 months.
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