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date	18/05/2016
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, with reference to the Answer of 13 April 2016 to Question 32812, whether the figures provided for sums to be spent annually and in total are additional to each other; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	37473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2016 answer text <p>The 2015 Spending Review agreed funding rising to £130m per year for the Work and Health Programme, focussing support for people with a disability or health condition and the long term unemployed (over 24 months). This figure is separate and in addition to the Prime Minister’s announced plans to provide further support and funding for people with mental health issues to retain or regain employment.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 27/05/2016 13:52:27 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

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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

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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