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969098

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	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 assessment she has made of trends in the level of the disability employment gap; and what information her Department holds on the disability employment gap by (a) condition and (b) type of disability.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	171400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Evidence shows that the disability employment gap is narrowing, although we are determined to see further improvements, so that everyone who can work is given the right support and opportunities to do so.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 shows the gap in employment rates between working age disabled and non-disabled people, based on the estimates published by ONS on the website at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourmarketstatusofdisabledpeoplea08" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourmarketstatusofdisabledpeoplea08</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Employment rates for disabled and non-disabled people aged 16-64, Q2 2013 – Q2 2017</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Disabled employment rate (%)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Non-disabled employment rate (%)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gap<br> (percentage points)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>43.6</p></td><td><p>76.8</p></td><td><p>33.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>44.9</p></td><td><p>78.4</p></td><td><p>33.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>45.9</p></td><td><p>79.2</p></td><td><p>33.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>47.9</p></td><td><p>80.1</p></td><td><p>32.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>49.2</p></td><td><p>80.6</p></td><td><p>31.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Source: Labour Force Survey </em></p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Estimates relate to quarter 2 (April-June) each year.</li><li>Percentages are rounded to the nearest 0.1 percentage point. Components may not sum exactly to totals due to rounding.</li><li>Estimates exclude a small number of respondents who did not report whether or not they were disabled.</li><li>Data is subject to sampling variation and is not seasonally adjusted.</li><li>Due to an apparent discontinuity, ONS has applied health warnings to estimates for periods after Q2 (April to June) 2017. We are awaiting further advice from ONS on how these more recent figures can be used in future.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 2 shows how employment rates for disabled people with different health conditions or broad types of disability compare to that of non-disabled people.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2: Employment rate of disabled people by health condition, <em>Q2 (April to June) 2017</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Disabled employment rate (%)</p></td><td><p>Total number of people <br> (thousands)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Problems or disabilities (including arthritis or rheumatism) connected with arms or hands</p></td><td><p>53.7</p></td><td><p>458</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Problems or disabilities (including arthritis or rheumatism) connected with legs or feet</p></td><td><p>56.5</p></td><td><p>765</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Problems or disabilities (including arthritis or rheumatism) connected with back or neck</p></td><td><p>56.4</p></td><td><p>1,036</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Difficulty in seeing</p></td><td><p>54.9</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Difficulty in hearing</p></td><td><p>62.3</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Speech impediment</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Severe disfigurements, skin conditions, allergies</p></td><td><p>64.0</p></td><td><p>82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chest or breathing problems, asthma, bronchitis</p></td><td><p>54.4</p></td><td><p>433</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Heart, blood pressure or blood circulation problems</p></td><td><p>49.1</p></td><td><p>412</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stomach, liver kidney or digestive problems</p></td><td><p>60.3</p></td><td><p>361</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Diabetes</p></td><td><p>55.0</p></td><td><p>259</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Depression, bad nerves or anxiety</p></td><td><p>46.3</p></td><td><p>1,068</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Epilepsy</p></td><td><p>28.0</p></td><td><p>92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Severe or specific learning difficulties (mental handicap)</p></td><td><p>16.8</p></td><td><p>184</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mental illness, or suffer from phobia, panics or other nervous disorders</p></td><td><p>27.1</p></td><td><p>476</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Progressive illness not included elsewhere (e.g. cancer, multiple sclerosis, symptomatic HIV, Parkinson’s disease, muscular dystrophy)</p></td><td><p>37.7</p></td><td><p>416</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other health problems or disabilities</p></td><td><p>52.5</p></td><td><p>810</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Any mental health main condition</p></td><td><p>40.3</p></td><td><p>1,544</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Any musculoskeletal main condition</p></td><td><p>55.9</p></td><td><p>2,259</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Any mental health main condition or musculoskeletal main condition</p></td><td><p>49.6</p></td><td><p>3,803</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total disabled</p></td><td><p>49.2</p></td><td><p>7,097</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total non-disabled</p></td><td><p>80.6</p></td><td><p>33,792</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Source: Labour Force Survey </em></p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Percentages are rounded to the nearest 0.1 percentage point. Numbers are rounded to the nearest 1,000.</li><li>Data is subject to sampling variation and is not seasonally adjusted.</li><li>Precision of statistics is limited by small sample sizes. Estimates based on fewer than 10,000 people (weighted) are not shown and are denoted ‘-‘.</li><li>The total for all disabled people is slightly higher than the sum of the number of health conditions due to some respondents not reporting their specific health condition(s).</li><li>Those with any mental health condition are considered to be those who reported having 'depression, bad nerves or anxiety' or 'mental illness, or suffer phobia, panics, or other nervous disorders'.</li><li>Those with any musculoskeletal condition are considered to be those who reported having 'problems or disabilities (including arthritis or rheumatism) connected with arms or hands', 'problems or disabilities (including arthritis or rheumatism) connected with back or neck' or 'problems or disabilities (including arthritis or rheumatism) connected with legs or feet'.</li></ol> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 11/09/2018 16:23:56 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

969102

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	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 steps she is taking to encourage (a) large employers and (b) SME employers to recruit disabled employees.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	171403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to supporting disabled people to reach their potential. We are engaging with employers through the Disability Confident scheme, which was developed by disabled people, employers and disability organisations to encourage employers to think differently about disability and to take action to improve how they attract, recruit and develop disabled employees.</p><p> </p><p>The Disability Confident Business Leaders Group (BLG), comprising senior leaders from significant British businesses across all sectors, is helping to increase engagement with employers. The group promotes the business benefits of disability employment and works with DWP officials to identify any changes or developments that will improve the effectiveness of the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>DWP is working with a range of stakeholders, including members of the Business Leaders Group and Professional Advisers Group, to drive sign-up to Disability Confident. Through employer-focused events, we are targeting employers of all size and sector and are working with MPs in their constituencies to encourage local community sign-up. We are also working with MPs around the country to arrange local events to get them as employers, and businesses in their constituencies, signed up.</p><p> </p><p>Over 7,500 employers are currently signed up to Disability Confident, of whom over 2,000 are large employers and 5,500 are SMEs.</p><p> </p><p>Over 2,800 employers have completed their self-assessment to become Disability Confident Employers (Level 2). These include organisations ranging in size from large multi nationals to local employers, including private businesses, colleges, sports clubs, NHS trusts and social enterprises. All main government Departments are at Level 3 (Disability Confident Leader) and over 80% of Local Authorities are Disability Confident.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the department has instigated a requirement that all contractors for major contracts (exceeding £10 million in value) must have achieved Disability Confident Leader Status. DWP will work with its other suppliers to encourage them to become Disability Confident.</p><p> </p><p>Crown Commercial Services are developing a Public Procurement Notice on disability and employment. This will provide guidance on the work and health agenda, on the Stevenson/Farmer Core and Enhanced Standards on mental health, and it will identify how to encourage suppliers to sign up to Disability Confident.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/09/2018 16:20:44 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 75162 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

604197

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2016
	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, if his Department will carry out a trial of the introduction of personal budgets for employment support for disabled people.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
	uin	49008
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government recognises that people need support that is tailored to their needs. Personal Budgets are currently being trialled in Access to Work to offer customers greater flexibility to manage their Travel to Work or Support Worker costs. Initial findings from the trial are expected in early 2017.</p><p>A Personal Budgets model was previously tested in the Right to Control Trailblazers, which ran from 2010 to 2013. Disabled people taking part in the trailblazers were offered greater choice and control over the support they received, as well as the option to take a direct payment and arrange their own support. The final evaluation report did not find any evidence that the Right to Control Trailblazers had a significant positive impact on customers, both overall and by subgroup.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 24/10/2016 14:12:58 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

669116

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2017
	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 meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department have had with (i) the Department of Health and (ii) Public Health England on developing the evidence base on long-term health conditions, including degenerative and fluctuating health conditions and work outcomes following the publication in November 2016 of the work, health and disability green paper: improving lives.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	58886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2017 answer text <p>‘Improving Lives: The Work Health and Disability Green Paper’ was published in October 2016 and was a joint publication by the Department for Work and Pensions and Department of Health. The Departments worked closely with Public Health England during the development of the Green Paper. Ministers and officials therefore meet on an on-going basis and officials work together in the joint DWP/DH Work and Health Unit. The Green Paper makes a specific commitment to build the evidence base on long-term health conditions. Both Departments will jointly consider next steps, which will be determined by the responses received through the national consultation, which is underway currently.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/01/2017 16:30:57 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

871710

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2018
	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	What steps the Government is taking to help young people with disabilities into work.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
	uin	904565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to enabling young disabled people to fulfil their potential and achieve their aspirations. We provide a range of programmes and initiatives to support them, including:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Jobcentre support for schools, which targets young people that schools identify as being at risk of becoming NEET (not in employment, education or training), or who may otherwise be disadvantaged in the labour market – for example those with a health or disability issue.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The Young Person’s Supported Work Experience programme, which offers a personally tailored supported work experience opportunity for young people (aged 18 – 24) to enable them to fully benefit from time in the work place. This proof of concept is being tested in five Jobcentre Plus districts.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Tri-Work, a supported work experience proof of concept aimed at young people with special educational needs in years 10/11 in schools and special schools. This proof of concept is being tested in three local authorities.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The Local Supported Employment (LSE) proof of concept ‘place and train’ model, which aims to move disabled people into real jobs, at the going rate of pay, with support for both the individual and employer. This is being tested in nine local authorities.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Supported Internships, which all qualified post-16 education providers in England have been able to deliver Since September 2013. These are personalised study programmes, based primarily at a prospective employer, for young people with complex learning difficulties and/or disabilities.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Access to Work, which already offers support to disabled people undertaking a number of opportunities that help them to prepare for paid employment, including work experience, apprenticeships, supported internships and traineeships.</li></ul> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 26/03/2018 16:47:07 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

384427

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2015
	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: 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 he plans to take to help people with disabilities into work and training.
	tabling member constituency	Torbay
	tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
	uin	900458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We have extended Access to Work to support disabled people take up supported internships and traineeships. We are launching Specialist Employability Support to provide intensive back to work support for more disabled people. We will continue to work with employers to ensure that they understand the benefits of recruiting and retaining disabled people.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 22/06/2015 16:04:51 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

349278

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	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: 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 disability employment gap was on 8 May 2015; and what methodology is used in calculating that gap.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	1718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>The disability employment rate gap is the difference between the employment rate of disabled people and the employment rate of non-disabled people.</p><p> </p><p>One way to measure the gap is using the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The latest data available from the LFS relates to January 2015 to March 2015. The latest LFS figures are set out in the table below. This table shows the disability employment rate gap along with the disability employment rate gaps for people who have difficulty in hearing and those who have difficulty in seeing. Data on those who are deafblind is not collected on the Labour Force Survey.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Main health condition</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Employment rate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Employment rate gap</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All working age people who are not classified as Equality Act core disabled and/or work-limiting disabled (excluding those who did not state their health situation)</p></td><td><p>79.3%</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All working age<sup>3</sup> disabled people<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>46.3%</p></td><td><p>32.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Working age disabled people<sup>4</sup> who report their main health problem as difficulty in seeing</p></td><td><p>45.7%</p></td><td><p>33.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Working age disabled people<sup>4</sup> who report their main health problem as difficulty in hearing</p></td><td><p>64.9%</p></td><td><p>14.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Working age disabled people<sup>4</sup> who report their main health problem as being deafblind<sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1 Estimates were obtained from the latest Labour Force Survey (LFS) and relate to January 2015 to March 2015.</p><p>2 Percentages are rounded to one decimal place.</p><p>3 Men and women aged 16-64.</p><p>4 In April 2013, changes were made to the wording of the disability questions in order to bring the LFS into line with the Government Statistical Service (GSS) Harmonised Standards for questions on disability and also enable the LFS estimates to be consistent with the definitions used in 2010 Equality Act. As with all new questions, they are subject to ONS monitoring of responses for several quarters, and should therefore be interpreted with caution. Due to the definitional changes, these estimates cannot be compared with estimates for previous years which were based on a definition relating to the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA).</p><p>5 This data is not collected. Deafblind is not listed as a main disabling condition either on LFS,</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to say how many people whose Access to Work awards currently exceed the proposed limit on those awards are deafblind as there is nowhere to record deafblind specifically on the Access to Work computer system (DISC).</p><p>From December 2014, all deafblind cases are administered by the Visually Impaired specialist team. And therefore should be recorded under the Visual Impairments category for Access to Work allocation purposes.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 1719 1723 question first answered 17/06/2015 12:45:09 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

349279

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	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: 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 disability employment gap was for people who (a) are deaf, (b) have a vision impairment and (c) are deafblind on the latest date for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	1719
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>The disability employment rate gap is the difference between the employment rate of disabled people and the employment rate of non-disabled people.</p><p> </p><p>One way to measure the gap is using the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The latest data available from the LFS relates to January 2015 to March 2015. The latest LFS figures are set out in the table below. This table shows the disability employment rate gap along with the disability employment rate gaps for people who have difficulty in hearing and those who have difficulty in seeing. Data on those who are deafblind is not collected on the Labour Force Survey.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Main health condition</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Employment rate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Employment rate gap</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All working age people who are not classified as Equality Act core disabled and/or work-limiting disabled (excluding those who did not state their health situation)</p></td><td><p>79.3%</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All working age<sup>3</sup> disabled people<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>46.3%</p></td><td><p>32.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Working age disabled people<sup>4</sup> who report their main health problem as difficulty in seeing</p></td><td><p>45.7%</p></td><td><p>33.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Working age disabled people<sup>4</sup> who report their main health problem as difficulty in hearing</p></td><td><p>64.9%</p></td><td><p>14.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Working age disabled people<sup>4</sup> who report their main health problem as being deafblind<sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1 Estimates were obtained from the latest Labour Force Survey (LFS) and relate to January 2015 to March 2015.</p><p>2 Percentages are rounded to one decimal place.</p><p>3 Men and women aged 16-64.</p><p>4 In April 2013, changes were made to the wording of the disability questions in order to bring the LFS into line with the Government Statistical Service (GSS) Harmonised Standards for questions on disability and also enable the LFS estimates to be consistent with the definitions used in 2010 Equality Act. As with all new questions, they are subject to ONS monitoring of responses for several quarters, and should therefore be interpreted with caution. Due to the definitional changes, these estimates cannot be compared with estimates for previous years which were based on a definition relating to the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA).</p><p>5 This data is not collected. Deafblind is not listed as a main disabling condition either on LFS,</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to say how many people whose Access to Work awards currently exceed the proposed limit on those awards are deafblind as there is nowhere to record deafblind specifically on the Access to Work computer system (DISC).</p><p>From December 2014, all deafblind cases are administered by the Visually Impaired specialist team. And therefore should be recorded under the Visual Impairments category for Access to Work allocation purposes.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 1718 1723 question first answered 17/06/2015 12:45:09 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

638437

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2016
	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 accreditation process he plans will be used for the training received by the work coaches described in his Department's publication entitled, Improving Lives: The Work, Health and Disability Green Paper, Cm 9342; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	53589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>Our work coach accreditation programme consists of Level 2, 3 and 4 working toward a City and Guilds Certificate in Managing the Quality of Services to Customers.</p><p>Accreditation is not about adding to what we are already doing with our induction and learning route-ways, but building upon it to continuously improve. It aligns the Work Coach learning journey with a meaningful accreditation route-way, future proofing our learning and development journeys and making greater, more efficient use of technology to enrich the learning experience.</p><p>This City and Guilds externally recognised accreditation provides a strong focus on Customer Service delivery, the Labour Market and Digital from day one, and provides our Work Coach and Work Coach Manager Community with a clear understanding of the expectations we place on them in delivering a professional customer service.</p><p>In addition to accreditation, Work coaches will also be better supported by an extra 300 Disability Employment Advisers, who will work alongside them to provide additional professional expertise and local knowledge on health issues, and around 200 new Community Partners with disability expertise and local knowledge.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 24/11/2016 15:50:00 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

758312

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2017
	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, if he will make it his policy to report annually to Parliament on progress in tackling the disability employment gap as part of the annual report on full employment.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	9126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving employment outcomes for disabled people. The manifesto commitment gives a clear and time-bound goal to achieve this, which is to see 1 million more disabled people into work over the next 10 years.</p><p> </p><p>Since quarter 1 2016, the number of working aged disabled people in employment has increased by around 170,000 to 3.5 million in quarter 1 2017. The disability employment rate has increased by over 2 percentage points and now stands at 49 per cent.</p><p> </p><p>The number of disabled people in employment, according to the Labour Force Survey, is publicly available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourmarketstatusofdisabledpeoplea08" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourmarketstatusofdisabledpeoplea08</a></p><p> </p><p>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. That is why we published Improving Lives: the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper, which set out the action we plan to take to achieve this and start a far-reaching, national debate on what more we can do to ensure everyone is supported to reach their full potential. We are considering next steps, taking account of the Green Paper consultation, and will set out our response to this and future plans in due course, including supporting local effort and reporting arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 9244 9245 question first answered 14/09/2017 09:53:10 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green