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106135

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	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: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what way his Department participates in the Two Ticks Positive About Disabled People scheme.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	212974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>DWP administers the Disability Symbol (Two Ticks Positive About Disabled People Scheme) via the network of Disability Employment Advisors (DEAs) located in Jobcentre Plus.</p><p> </p><p>DWP is itself a Two Ticks employer.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently around 3,000 employers signed up to the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 06/11/2014 16:18:55 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

584180

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2016
	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: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress the Government has made to reduce the disability employment gap.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	46533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p>We recognise that the gap between the employment rates of disabled people and non-disabled people remains too large.</p><p>Last year the Work and Health Unit was established to lead the drive for improving work and health outcomes for people with health conditions and disabilities, as well as improving support for people absent from work through ill health and those at risk of leaving workforce.</p><p>The Unit has begun work to build the evidence base of what works to support disabled people and people with health conditions to obtain and remain in work.</p><p>We plan to produce a Green Paper later this year that will explore a range of ways to improve the prospects and transform the lives of disabled people and people with long term health conditions by removing barriers that prevent them from working, and helping ensure that they are able to obtain and remain in work.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 10/10/2016 14:42:24 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

626730

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2016
	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: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects that the goal of halving the disability employment gap will be achieved.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	51516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>We are committed to halving the disability employment gap. We have seen almost 500,000 more disabled people in employment over the past three years. Over the same time we’ve seen the employment rate for disabled people increase by over 4 percentage points, where it now stands at 48 per cent.</p><p>We have a range of activity underway that is focused on the evidence gaps we have identified including access to services and levels of support we should offer. This will help us to develop new models of support to help people into work when they are managing a long term health condition or disability. We want all employers to be as supportive as possible so that everyone can go as far as their talents will take them.</p><p>But we know that there is much more that needs to be done, so that everyone who can work is given the right support and opportunities to do so.</p><p>This is why we have published “Improving Lives: The Work, Health and Disability Green Paper”. It sets out the short-term action we intend to take to bring about change. It also asks questions on proposals for longer-term reform over this Parliament and beyond, so that our systems, sectors and social attitudes all work together to help achieve the ambition of halving the disability employment gap.</p><p>Halving the gap is a long term project and although the Government has an important role to play in leading the way and facilitating change, everyone needs to play their part, which is why we are launching this consultation.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 51517 question first answered 04/11/2016 14:33:22 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

626731

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2016
	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: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what change in the disability employment gap he expects between 2015 and 2020.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	51517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>We are committed to halving the disability employment gap. We have seen almost 500,000 more disabled people in employment over the past three years. Over the same time we’ve seen the employment rate for disabled people increase by over 4 percentage points, where it now stands at 48 per cent.</p><p>We have a range of activity underway that is focused on the evidence gaps we have identified including access to services and levels of support we should offer. This will help us to develop new models of support to help people into work when they are managing a long term health condition or disability. We want all employers to be as supportive as possible so that everyone can go as far as their talents will take them.</p><p>But we know that there is much more that needs to be done, so that everyone who can work is given the right support and opportunities to do so.</p><p>This is why we have published “Improving Lives: The Work, Health and Disability Green Paper”. It sets out the short-term action we intend to take to bring about change. It also asks questions on proposals for longer-term reform over this Parliament and beyond, so that our systems, sectors and social attitudes all work together to help achieve the ambition of halving the disability employment gap.</p><p>Halving the gap is a long term project and although the Government has an important role to play in leading the way and facilitating change, everyone needs to play their part, which is why we are launching this consultation.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 51516 question first answered 04/11/2016 14:33:22 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

628190

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2016
	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: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the Green Paper Improving Lives: Work, Health and Disability, published on 31 October 2016, does not contain a commitment to aim to halve the disability employment gap by 2020.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	51840
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>This Government’s commitment to halving the disability employment gap was set out in our Manifesto. We have seen almost 500,000 more disabled people in employment over the past three years. Over the same time we’ve seen the employment rate for disabled people increase by over 4 percentage points, where it now stands at 48 per cent.</p><p>We want to build on this. We are clear that sustained progress calls for action across the areas of welfare, employment and health. Although the Government has an important role to play in leading the way and facilitating change, everyone needs to play their part. That is why we have just published “<em>Improving Lives: The Work, Health and Disability Green Paper</em>”. It sets out the short-term action we intend to take to bring about change, alongside our intention to work with others to change perceptions and transform the culture around disability, health and work. The aim of the public consultation is to spark a proactive, wide-ranging and challenging conversation and build a consensus for change. It includes questions on proposals for longer-term reform over this Parliament and beyond, so that our systems, sectors and social attitudes all work together to help achieve the ambition of halving the disability employment gap.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 08/11/2016 15:55:02 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

634210

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2016
	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: Disability
	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 4 November 2016 to Question 51516, whether he expects to achieve the commitment to halve the disability employment gap by (a) 2020, (b) 2025 and (c) 2030.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	52528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>Following on from my reply to the Rt Hon Gentleman’s previous question on this matter, I would like to reiterate our commitment to halving the disability employment gap.</p><p> </p><p>Our recently published Work, Health and Disability Green Paper marks the start of action we intend to take to do so, both in the short and long term.</p><p> </p><p>The Green Paper explores how action is required by many different partners on a number of fronts. It seeks to build consensus on the change needed across society. It also asks questions on ideas for longer-term reform over this Parliament and beyond, so that our systems, sectors and social attitudes all work together to help achieve the ambition of halving the disability employment gap.</p><p> </p><p>We are not setting a deadline for completing this work, in recognition that achieving real and lasting change to the employment prospects of disabled people and people with long-term health conditions, will require a collaborative approach from government, employers, the third sector and health care professionals. This is why we are consulting on the best approach to reform and the most accurate measures of success.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 16/11/2016 17:51:26 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

846304

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	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: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of the population who have access to tailored employment advice support for people who are disabled due to a mental health condition.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	128970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>Specialist advice and employment support for people with mental health conditions is available for all.</p><p>The roll out of the Health and Work Conversation across the UK supports work coaches to continue to build engagement with claimants with disabilities and health issues, backed by comprehensive new training which builds skills of empathy and active listening. We have also recruited new disability employment advisers and community partners who are in place in every country and region of the UK.</p><p>In addition, all work coaches across the Jobcentre Plus network receive training on supporting people with health conditions and disabilities and we have developed an enhanced mental health training programme for staff, which is now available in every country and region across the UK.</p><p>We expect that a large number of the claimants that require additional support through the Work and Health Programme, which will be in place across all areas of England and Wales by March 2018, will be people with mental health conditions. Support on the programme will be personalised to the needs of each participant. Examples of the type of support available includes participants having a personal key worker with regular face to face contact, mentoring and peer support, integrated access to specialist support networks at a local level including health and wellbeing professionals.</p><p>Anyone with a mental health condition which affects the way they do their job can apply for support from the Access to Work Mental Health Support Service. This service helps people by providing telephone and online advice and support. Last year, over 1,800 people whose primary condition was recorded as a mental health condition were approved provision from Access to Work – a record number and a 37% increase compared to the previous year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 26/02/2018 16:20:51 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

846880

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Employment: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate her Department has made of the number of disabled people employed in each sector of the economy.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	129054
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 27/02/2018 12:20:28 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ129054.pdf title UKSA Response
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms