Welfare Reform Bill

That must be illogical. I accept that there will not be many people in the circumstances that I have just cited, but there will be some who have become sanctionable during the assessment period who then have, perhaps, a short period on the work-related level of ESA, who subsequently find a job and, therefore, the £40-a-week employment grant will be payable to them for the next 12 months. It would seem logical that it would be possible—and not beyond the wit of man—that not only would the sanction apply to the initial ESA rate, but would need to be carried forward into the back-to-work grant.