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786835

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2017
	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 the timetable is to the Government response to the Green Paper, entitled Improving Lives: The Work, Health and Disability, published on 31 October 2016; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
	uin	112397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>In October 2016 we published <em>Improving Lives: the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper</em>, setting out the Government’s approach to work and health and inviting views on a ten-year strategy for reform.</p><p> </p><p>We engaged with a wide range of stakeholders and others with an interest during the Green Paper consultation period and received around 6,000 responses. We are working towards a publication later this year, which will provide an update on the work we have been doing since the Green Paper, respond to the consultation, and set out our next steps.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 112254 question first answered 20/11/2017 17:49:25 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

786837

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2017
	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 assessment his Department has made of the responses to the consultation on Work, health and disability: improving lives, which closed on 17 February 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
	uin	112254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>In October 2016 we published <em>Improving Lives: the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper</em>, setting out the Government’s approach to work and health and inviting views on a ten-year strategy for reform.</p><p> </p><p>We engaged with a wide range of stakeholders and others with an interest during the Green Paper consultation period and received around 6,000 responses. We are working towards a publication later this year, which will provide an update on the work we have been doing since the Green Paper, respond to the consultation, and set out our next steps.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 112397 question first answered 20/11/2017 17:49:25 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

791070

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2017
	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 his Department plans to publish the Government's response to the Green Paper entitled Work, health and disability: improving lives, published on 31 October 2016.
	tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
	tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
	uin	113457
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>In October 2016 we published Improving Lives: the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper, setting out the Government’s approach to work and health and inviting views on a ten-year strategy for reform.</p><p> </p><p>We engaged with a wide range of stakeholders and others with an interest during the Green Paper consultation period and received around 6,000 responses. We are working towards a publication later this year, which will provide an update on the work we have been doing since the Green Paper, respond to the consultation, and set out our next steps.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 112820 question first answered 21/11/2017 13:32:49 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

795299

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2017
	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 11 July 2017 to Question 3585, on disability: employment, what steps his Department is taking to achieve its target of 1 million more disabled people in work over the next 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	115720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>We remain committed to improving employment outcomes for disabled people. The manifesto commitment to get one million more disabled people in work over the next ten years gives us a clear, ambitious, and time-bound goal.</p><p>The employment rate of disabled people is 49% – up 4.7 percentage points since 2014. There are 3.5 million disabled people in work – an increase of over 530,000 since 2014. 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. Today (November 30<sup>th</sup> 2017) the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions have published our response to the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper consultation in <em>Improving Lives: the Future of Work, Health and Disability</em>. This sets out our vision for a 10 year programme of reform, the actions we have taken since the Green Paper and our immediate next steps.</p><p>We will track the number of disabled people in employment and publish a statistical update annually. We will also consider other useful statistical indicators, which give more information about how disability and employment change over this time period, and inform our actions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 115721 question first answered 30/11/2017 17:15:47 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

795300

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2017
	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 11 July 2017 to Question 3585, on disability: employment, how his Department plans to report its progress on getting 1 million more disabled people into work over the next 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	115721
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>We remain committed to improving employment outcomes for disabled people. The manifesto commitment to get one million more disabled people in work over the next ten years gives us a clear, ambitious, and time-bound goal.</p><p>The employment rate of disabled people is 49% – up 4.7 percentage points since 2014. There are 3.5 million disabled people in work – an increase of over 530,000 since 2014. 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. Today (November 30<sup>th</sup> 2017) the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions have published our response to the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper consultation in <em>Improving Lives: the Future of Work, Health and Disability</em>. This sets out our vision for a 10 year programme of reform, the actions we have taken since the Green Paper and our immediate next steps.</p><p>We will track the number of disabled people in employment and publish a statistical update annually. We will also consider other useful statistical indicators, which give more information about how disability and employment change over this time period, and inform our actions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 115720 question first answered 30/11/2017 17:15:47 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

804437

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	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 assessment he has made of recent trends in the relative proportion of disabled people in the part-time and full-time work forces; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	118629
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>Table 1 shows the proportion of disabled people among the working age population in full-time or part-time employment in quarter 2 of each year from 2013 to 2017. The table shows that the percentage of people in employment who are disabled increased from 10.1% in 2013, to 11.4% in 2017. There has been a larger increase in the proportion of part-time workers who are disabled, rising from 13.0% to 16.3% over the period, an increase of 3.3 percentage points. This compares to an increase in the proportion of full-time workers who are disabled, which has increased from 9.0% to 9.7%, an increase of 0.7 percentage points. Around two thirds of disabled people work full-time, with one third working part-time.</p><p> </p><p>Overall, 17.4% of working age people were disabled in 2017. The employment rate of disabled people increased by 5.6 percentage points between quarter 2 2013, and quarter 2 2017, to 49.2%.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to seeing one million more disabled people in work over the next ten years. The Government recently published <em>Improving Lives: the Future of Work, Health and Disability</em> setting out our ten year strategy for helping disabled people to enter and remain in employment.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: proportion of working age people who have a disability, UK, April to June 2013 to 2017</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>Proportion of total population with a disability</p></td><td><p>Proportion of people in employment who have a disability</p></td><td><p>Proportion of people in full-time employment who have a disability</p></td><td><p>Proportion of people in part-time employment who have a disability</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>16.5%</p></td><td><p>10.1%</p></td><td><p>9.0%</p></td><td><p>13.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>16.7%</p></td><td><p>10.3%</p></td><td><p>8.8%</p></td><td><p>14.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>17.5%</p></td><td><p>10.9%</p></td><td><p>9.6%</p></td><td><p>14.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>17.4%</p></td><td><p>11.2%</p></td><td><p>9.6%</p></td><td><p>15.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>17.4%</p></td><td><p>11.4%</p></td><td><p>9.7%</p></td><td><p>16.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Q2 data, Labour Force Survey</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Notes on the table:</p><ol><li>In the Labour Force Survey (LFS), respondents are asked to self-classify their main job as either full-time or part-time.</li><li>In April 2013 changes were made to the wording of the disability questions in the Labour Force Survey. This means that estimates from 2013 onwards have been provided, as prior to this, data is not available on a consistent basis.</li><li>Working age includes people aged 16 to 64.</li><li>Missing values were excluded from the data to calculate proportions.</li><li>Percentages have been rounded to one decimal place.</li><li>Estimates from Quarter 2 are used as this is the latest available data for 2017 and this ensures all the data is comparable between years as the data is not seasonally adjusted.</li><li>The disability definition covers people who self-report:</li><li>A health condition or illness lasting or expected to last 12 months or more,</li><li>This condition(s) or illness(es) reduce their ability to carry out day-to-day activities.</li></ol> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 14/12/2017 13:07:02 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

806052

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2017
	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 steps his Department is taking to help young disabled people into work in (a) Northamptonshire (b) England.
	tabling member constituency	Kettering
	tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
	uin	119261
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>This Government is committed to enabling young disabled people to fulfil their potential and achieve their aspirations through a number of programmes and initiatives. For example:</p><p> </p><p>a. In Northamptonshire the employment support available for young disabled people includes:</p><ul><li>Jobcentre Plus support for schools targets young people that schools identify as at risk of becoming NEET (not in employment, education or training), or who may otherwise be disadvantaged in the labour market, such as those with a health or disability issue.</li><li>Supported Internships, which all qualified post-16 education providers in England have delivered since September 2013, are personalised study programmes, based primarily at a prospective employer, for those with complex learning difficulties and/or disabilities.</li><li>Access to Work, which offers support to disabled people aged 16+ who are in or about to enter paid employment, or engaged in pre-work activities including work experience, apprenticeships, supported internships and traineeships.</li><li>The Work and Health Programme, which will provide innovative support through local organisations for around 200,000 disabled people over the course of the programme.</li><li>Specialist Employability Support (SES), which offers support to those with greatest needs and most complex situations, We are currently exploring the best policy options for continuing such support after the SES contracts come to an end in October 2018</li><li>Community Partners, who are working in partnership with work coaches to build disability understanding within Jobcentres and provide insight into the effect disability can have on employment.</li></ul><p> </p><p>b. In addition, in other parts of England the support outlined above is available plus some relevant test and learn initiatives which if successful may be extended further:</p><ul><li>Two proofs of concept offer voluntary supported work experience, with the aim of improving confidence, motivation and understanding of the labour market:</li></ul><p>o Tri-Work, an initiative for disabled young people in years 10/11 in schools and special schools, which targets those most in need of support.</p><p>o Young Persons Supported Work experience (YPSWE), for which 18-24 year olds in the Employment Support Allowance (Work Related Activity Group) in five JCP districts are eligible.</p><ul><li>The Local Supported Employment (LSE) proof of concept ‘place and train’ model, which aims to move disabled people, notably those with learning disability and autism, into real jobs at the going rate of pay, with support for both individual and employer.</li></ul> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 18/12/2017 17:34:47 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

806060

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2017
	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, with reference to Improving Lives: The Future of Work, Health and Disability, published in November 2017, Cm 9526 , if he will take steps to commission specialist external providers to make available high-quality, impairment-specific employment support to help disabled people into the workforce.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	119269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>We have just published Improving Lives: The Future of Work, Health and Disability. This outlines the action taken over the past year, provides a comprehensive strategy and sets out plans over the next ten years, focusing in particular on the next steps planned over the next two to three years. This has been put together in partnership with stakeholders from across the work, health and disability spectrums and follows a thorough 15-week consultation via the Green Paper, which received around 6,000 responses. We have started building an extensive evidence base and are running a series of trials to build this further.</p><p> </p><p>Improving Lives includes plans for a broad programme of employment support for disabled people, with a mix of internal and external provision and pan-disability and specialist support. A range of specialist providers are involved, for example in the mental health area where we plan to: double the scale of Individual Placement and Support (IPS) for people with mental health conditions; trial IPS in new settings and for new population groups; and significantly increase the capacity of the Access to Work Mental Health Support Service. A proof of concept of local supported employment will work with experts in helping people with learning disabilities and autism into work. Specialist Employment Support includes providers with specialist expertise in sensory impairments. We have also progressed with roll-out of the Personal Support Package, a range of new measures and interventions designed to offer support which can be tailored to people’s individual needs.</p><p> </p><p>Implementation of the Work and Health Programme started at the end of November 2017. This will provide innovative support through local organisations for around 200,000 disabled people over the course of the programme, with the type of support personalised to the needs of each participant. Examples of the type of support available includes participants having a personal key worker with regular 1:1 face to face contact, mentoring and peer support, integrated access to specialist support networks at a local level including health and wellbeing professionals and support from dedicated employer experts with knowledge of the local labour market and job opportunities.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/12/2017 15:33:47 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

806230

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2017
	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, whether her Department has in place a formal complaint procedure for members of the public who wish to raise a complaint that a Disability Confident employer is not conforming fully to the guidance published by his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	David Linden
	uin	119422
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>Disability Confident is voluntary for employers. The scheme makes clear what is expected from employers for them to achieve each of the three levels (Committed, Employer and Leader).</p><p> </p><p>If an individual feels that an employer is not meeting the published actions and activities for a particular level they are encouraged to take the matter up directly with the employer concerned.</p><p> </p><p>If that does not resolve the matter, the individual can raise it with the Disability Confident policy team - <a href="mailto:DWP.DISABILITYCONFIDENT@DWP.GSI.GOV.UK" target="_blank">DWP.DISABILITYCONFIDENT@DWP.GSI.GOV.UK</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 18/12/2017 15:07:50 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

810582

	registered interest
	date	21/12/2017
	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, with reference to the Government paper Improving lives: the future of work, health and disability, published in November 2017, if he will consider the commissioning of specialist external providers to provide employment support to disabled people.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	120927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my answer to UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-12-13/119269/" target="_blank">119269</a> on 20 of December 2017</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 10/01/2018 16:05:26 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova