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1609735

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date	14/04/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment Schemes: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the policy paper, Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper published on 15 March 2023, what steps his Department plans to take to involve disabled people in the design of the (a) health conditionality approach and (b) the health element’ of Universal Credit.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	179868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>We will continue to listen to, and to work closely with, disabled people, people with health conditions and many other partners, on how to deliver the proposals set out in The Health and Disability White Paper and reach our important shared goals.</p><p> </p><p>We will also take time to test our proposals before rolling out on a wider scale.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 24/04/2023 15:07:34 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1609736

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment Schemes: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the policy paper, Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper, published 15 March 2023, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the introduction of a health conditionality approach on the number of disabled people required to (a) look for work and (b) undertake work preparation activity.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	179869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>Our new approach will provide more personalised levels of conditionality and employment support, with the aim of helping people to reach their potential and live a more independent life. This more tailored approach will allow work coaches to build a relationship with an individual and determine what, if any, work-related activities an individual can participate in.</p><p>We will take time to carefully consider how best to implement these changes and take a test and learn approach with the new system before introducing it, to ensure it provides the taxpayer with value for money and is accessible and effective in delivering for our service users.</p><p>We will continue to listen to, and work closely with, disabled people, people with health conditions and many other partners, on how to best deliver these reforms.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 19/04/2023 14:22:52 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1609737

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment Schemes: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the policy paper, Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper, published 15 March 2023, whether he plans to take steps to ensure that people in the no work-related requirements group are not required to look for work after the introduction of the new health conditionality approach.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	179870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>We recognise that for many disabled people and people with health conditions, work or work-related activity is not possible or appropriate. These changes do not mean that everyone will be required to conduct work and work-related activity.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the new approach to support, work coaches will have personalised conversations with claimants to determine their individual circumstances. This will mean that people will have their requirements tailored to their needs, which can include having no work-related requirements at all where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 19/04/2023 14:14:15 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1338891

registered interest
date	22/06/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment Schemes: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the Government’s new employment programmes including Kickstart and Restart meet the needs of disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	20510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2021 answer text <p>The Kickstart Scheme provides flexibility and support for young people who may need to work reduced hours because of their specific requirements, such as a health condition. These are to be discussed and agreed with the Kickstart employer.</p><p> </p><p>Restart Scheme participants can take up part time roles as we have not specified the number of hours someone should work. Restart Scheme providers will receive an outcome payment when a participant earns over a certain threshold (the equivalent of six months’ work at the National Living Wage, with 16 hours worked each week), therefore part-time workers will take longer to reach this threshold, should their income be at a similar level. Based on experience of other programmes, this threshold is considered a reasonable proxy for sustainment of a job outcome and we believe this approach will ensure people are supported to find and stay in sustainable employment.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently no plans to extend the eligibility criteria of the Kickstart Scheme or the Restart Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Disabled people, including those on Employment Support Allowance, who require more intensive employment support would have access to both the Work and Health Programme (WHP) and Intensive Personalised Employment Support (IPES) and can volunteer for this support at any time irrespective of benefit claimed or no benefit. The WHP predominantly helps people with a wide range of disabilities and health conditions to enter into and stay in work, and is suited to those who expect to find work within 12 months. IPES is an intensive, highly personalised voluntary support package that is flexible to participants’ needs. It supports disabled people with complex barriers to work who would be more than 12 months from the labour market without the benefit of IPES support.</p><p> </p><p>Young people with a disability or health condition on Universal Credit who wish to take up the opportunity of a Kickstart job can discuss what roles they are interested in and any reasonable adjustment they require with either a Work Coach, Youth Employability coach or Disability Employment Adviser. If adjustments are required to enable the young person to take up a Kickstart job these are to be discussed and agreed with the Kickstart employer.</p><p> </p><p>The Restart Scheme will be fully accessible for all scheme participants, including disabled people and people with health conditions. At the core of the programme is the requirement on providers to design and deliver a personalised service that addresses individuals’ support needs. Under the terms of the Equality Act, providers will be required to enable equal access to the provision. Restart Scheme providers will also be required to be Disability Confident Leaders, and therefore to be fully aware of best practice in supporting disabled people.</p><p> </p><p>The department will be monitoring the characteristics of people who participate in employment programmes. We will be evaluating the Kickstart Scheme and Restart Scheme to explore the delivery and outcomes from the programmes. This will include capturing the experiences of a range of participants, including disabled participants.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 20513 20514 20515 question first answered 30/06/2021 16:26:59 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1338893

registered interest
date	22/06/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment Schemes: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure economically inactive disabled people are supported to find jobs.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	20512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving the lives of disabled people, and will publish a National Strategy for Disabled People shortly. The Strategy will be informed by insights from the lived experience of disabled people, focusing on the issues that disabled people say affect them the most in all aspects and phases of life, including employment. Employment will be a central theme of the strategy.</p><p>A range of DWP initiatives are supporting disabled people to stay in and enter work. These include the Work and Health Programme, the Intensive Personalised Employment Support programme, Access to Work, Disability Confident and support in partnership with the health system, including Employment Advice in NHS Improving Access to Psychological Therapy services. The Government has also increased the number of specialist Disability Employment Advisors (DEAs) in Jobcentres.</p><p>The Department will shortly publish a Green Paper on health and disability support which will consider how we can improve our current service, provide extra support to navigate the system and seek to better understand how we can improve the current employment support offer.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/06/2021 14:09:57 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1330680

registered interest
date	08/06/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment Schemes: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the recommendations from the Social Security Advisory Committee in its recent report on the quality of her Department’s engagement with disabled people when designing or evaluating programmes that affect them.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	12294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2021 answer text <p>I am grateful to the Committee for their report and pleased to see that our sustained efforts to engage with disabled people have been recognised. We are planning to respond to the Committee in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/06/2021 13:53:15 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova