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506802

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2016 to Question 23980, on employment plans: mental illness, whether he plans to introduce new measures of support for people with mental health problems before the end of the three year period of voluntary trials.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	32812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2016 answer text <p>The 2015 Spending Review announced at least £130 million a year in steady state funding on the new Work and Health Programme, which we plan to launch in 2017. With this new programme we plan to restructure our current provision to focus on providing the best possible support for claimants with health conditions or disabilities, including those with mental health conditions.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Prime Minister has already announced plans to significantly improve the support that helps people with mental ill health retain or regain employment:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Over £300 million will be provided to double access to talking therapies for people suffering from conditions like anxiety or depression.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>£50 million will be spent to double the reach of Individual Placement and Support Programmes, which find work for people with mental illness.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>over £50 million is being invested to more than double the number of IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) employment advisors, so that they are linked in to every talking therapy service in the country.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>29,000 more people with mental health conditions will be helped to find or stay in work thanks to increased access to these therapies.</li></ul> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/04/2016 15:56:47 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

450672

registered interest
date	04/02/2016
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: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps his Department has taken to provide further support for people with mental health problems in returning to work.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	25942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions lead on support for people with mental health problems in getting back to work. Over the next three years, we are investing over £40 million to develop the evidence base on what works in supporting those with mental health conditions get back to work/return to work through a series of trials</p><p> </p><p>Further support is available through the Access to Work Mental Health Support Service. Last year, Access to Work supported 1630 people who declared a Mental Health condition as their Primary Medical Condition – a 15% increase on 2013/14 and a record number for the programme</p><p> </p><p>Our wider employment programmes provide those with mental health conditions with the appropriate support to find work. Work Choice is an employment programme is specifically for those with a disability or health condition. Up to September 2015, of the 14,290 starters who declared either a Severe or Mild to Moderate Mental Health condition as their Primary Disability, 6,650 (over 46%) have achieved a job outcome.</p><p> </p><p><strong>(BIS)</strong> Support is not restricted to employees, as the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is evaluating the impact of short, part-time adult education courses on people with mild to moderate mental health problems.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/02/2016 13:54:52 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

447446

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
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: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of back-to-work programmes for people with mental health problems; and if he will take steps to change programmes judged to be ineffective.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	23980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2016 answer text <p>Our ambition to halve the disability employment gap has been a key driver in establishing the Work and Health unit with the Department for Health. At least £115m of funding will go to the Work and Health Unit, including an innovation fund to test new ways to join up health and employment to help people with disabilities and health conditions to return to and stay in work.</p><p>Our wider employment programmes provide those with mental health conditions with the appropriate support to find work. Work Choice is an employment programme is specifically for those with a disability or health condition. Of the 14,290 starters who declared either a Severe or Mild to Moderate Mental Health condition as their Primary Disability, 6,650 (over 46%) have achieved a job outcome.</p><p>The Department conducts a monthly review of a sample of claimants from each employment contract, to assess the effectiveness of those programmes and requires providers to rectify any issues identified.</p><p>Further support is available through the Access to Work Mental Health Support Scheme. Last year, it supported 1630 people who declared a Mental Health condition as their Primary Medical Condition – a 15% increase on 2013/14 and a record number for the scheme.</p><p>Over the next three years, we are investing £43 million to develop an evidence base, via a range of voluntary trials, for what works to support people with mental health conditions into employment. Each of the voluntary trials will test a different approach of combined health and employment support.</p><br /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/01/2016 13:44:48 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

225942

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
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: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department is providing to people in Hertfordshire with mental health problems to return to work.
tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Heald
uin	226646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>At Jobcentre level, all our Work Coaches are trained to support customers with mental health conditions and are aware of the specialist help available within their area. They also support those individuals with complex needs to overcome any barriers which may be preventing them from returning to the workplace.</p><p>Jobcentre Plus offers a range of support to people with mental health conditions including: Mental Health and Wellbeing Partnership Managers; Disability Employment Advisers; and Work Psychologists. In January 2014, we launched an enhanced product in Jobcentres, the toolkit <em>Employment and Wellbeing</em>, which offers practical support to work coaches to help them advise claimants affected by mental health problems.</p><p>In Hertfordshire we are working with a number of stakeholders that provide services to people with Mental Health conditions. This work has included: securing funding at two of our Jobcentres for Herts Mind Network to support customers with mental health conditions; and Watford and West Herts College designing a course called ‘Moving Forward’ to support Employment and Support Allowance claimants with mental health conditions.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 12/03/2015 11:43:39 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald

177232

registered interest
date	02/02/2015
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: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to implement a separate back to work support system for people suffering from mental health conditions to provide them with personalised help and specialist support.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	222993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Work is an important factor in improving the quality of life for people with mental health problems. Jobcentre Plus, the Work Programme and Work Choice support many claimants with mental health conditions. Jobcentre Plus flexibilities enable a tailored approach to each claimant and we provide training for all work coaches in how best to support people with mental health conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Work Programme providers have the flexibility to design an innovative, personalised approach to help people into work. Many providers offer mental health support, either in house or through specialist sub-contractors.</p><p> </p><p>With the Department of Health, we have launched pilots aimed at further improving support for people with mental health conditions.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/02/2015 14:35:06 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley