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star this property date less than 2022-06-21more like thismore than 2022-06-21
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Department for Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept id 29 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property hansard heading Employment: Disability remove filter
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unstar this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken in this Parliament to help disabled people get into work and close the disability employment gap. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Delyn more like this
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Rob Roberts more like this
star this property uin 22577 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2022-06-27more like thismore than 2022-06-27
star this property answer text <p>A range of DWP initiatives are supporting disabled people and people with health conditions to live independent lives and start, stay and succeed in work. These include the Work and Health Programme, the Intensive Personalised Employment Support programme, Access to Work, Disability Confident. and support in partnership with the health system, including Employment Advice in NHS Improving Access to Psychological Therapy services.</p><p> </p><p>Over the next three years we will invest £1.3bn in employment support for disabled people and people with health conditions.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017 the Government set a goal to see one million more disabled people in employment between 2017 and 2027. The latest figures released for Q1 2022 show that between Q1 2017 and Q1 2022 the number of disabled people in employment increased by 1.3m – meaning the goal has been met after only five years.</p><p> </p><p>The disability employment gap was 28.2 percentage points in Q1 2022. This is a decrease of 0.2 percentage points on the year, a decrease of 0.5 percentage points since Q1 2020 and an overall decrease of 5.6 percentage points since the same quarter in 2014.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Norwich North more like this
star this property answering member printed Chloe Smith more like this
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less than 2022-06-27T15:53:06Zmore like thismore than 2022-06-27T15:53:06Z
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star this property label Biography information for Chloe Smith more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Mr Rob Roberts more like this
1418723
unstar this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2022-02-01more like thismore than 2022-02-01
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Department for Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept id 29 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property hansard heading Employment: Disability remove filter
star this property house id 1 more like this
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unstar this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support disabled people into the workforce. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Crewe and Nantwich more like this
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Dr Kieran Mullan more like this
star this property uin 116095 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2022-02-09more like thismore than 2022-02-09
star this property answer text <p>A range of DWP initiatives are supporting disabled people and people with health conditions to start, stay and succeed in employment. These include the Intensive Personalised Employment Support programme, the Work and Health Programme, Disability Confident and support in partnership with the health system, including Employment Advisers in NHS Improving Access to Psychological Therapy services.</p><p> </p><p>Last year we published three major documents: Shaping Future Support: The Health and Disability Green Paper; the response to the Health is Everyone’s Business consultation on minimising the risk of ill-health related job loss; and the National Disability Strategy. These together form our holistic approach and vision for supporting disabled people and people with health conditions to live independent lives.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Norwich North more like this
star this property answering member printed Chloe Smith more like this
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less than 2022-02-09T12:11:50.143Zmore like thismore than 2022-02-09T12:11:50.143Z
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star this property label Biography information for Chloe Smith more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan more like this
1419130
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star this property date less than 2022-02-02more like thismore than 2022-02-02
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Department for Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept id 29 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property hansard heading Employment: Disability remove filter
star this property house id 1 more like this
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unstar this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support disabled people into the workforce. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Stockton South more like this
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Matt Vickers more like this
star this property uin 117094 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2022-02-09more like thismore than 2022-02-09
star this property answer text <p>A range of DWP initiatives are supporting disabled people and people with health conditions to start, stay and succeed in employment. These include the Intensive Personalised Employment Support programme, the Work and Health Programme, Disability Confident and support in partnership with the health system, including Employment Advisers in NHS Improving Access to Psychological Therapy services.</p><p> </p><p>Last year we published three major documents: Shaping Future Support: The Health and Disability Green Paper; the response to the Health is Everyone’s Business consultation on minimising the risk of ill-health related job loss; and the National Disability Strategy. These together form our holistic approach and vision for supporting disabled people and people with health conditions to live independent lives.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Norwich North more like this
star this property answering member printed Chloe Smith more like this
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less than 2022-02-09T14:44:09.92Zmore like thismore than 2022-02-09T14:44:09.92Z
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star this property label Biography information for Chloe Smith more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Matt Vickers more like this
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star this property date less than 2021-01-26more like thismore than 2021-01-26
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Department for Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept id 29 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property hansard heading Employment: Disability remove filter
star this property house id 1 more like this
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unstar this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to close the disability employment gap since April 2020. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Motherwell and Wishaw more like this
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Marion Fellows more like this
star this property uin 143820 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2021-02-01more like thismore than 2021-02-01
star this property answer text <p>A range of DWP initiatives are supporting disabled people to stay in and enter work. These include the Work and Health Programme, the Intensive Personalised Employment Support programme, Access to Work, Disability Confident and support in partnership with the health system, including Employment Advice in NHS Improving Access to Psychological Therapy services.</p><p> </p><p>In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, we have provided specialist employment support remotely and made programmes easier to access.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is bringing forward a Green Paper on health and disability support. The Green Paper will consider how we improve our current service so it’s better and easier to use, explore how we provide extra support to navigate the system, and understand how we improve our employment support offer. Additionally, the Government plans to publish a National Strategy for Disabled People this year to ensure that all disabled people can play a full role in society. The strategy will take into account the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on disabled people with focus on the issues that affect them the most.</p>
star this property answering member constituency North Swindon more like this
star this property answering member printed Justin Tomlinson more like this
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less than 2021-02-01T13:22:15.89Zmore like thismore than 2021-02-01T13:22:15.89Z
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star this property label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Marion Fellows more like this
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star this property date less than 2022-10-28more like thismore than 2022-10-28
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Department for Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept id 29 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property hansard heading Employment: Disability remove filter
star this property house id 1 more like this
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25259
unstar this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help enable disabled people with fluctuating medical conditions to find suitable work which matches their skills and offers flexible work arrangements in line with their personal circumstances. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency York Central more like this
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Rachael Maskell more like this
star this property uin 73858 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2022-11-02more like thismore than 2022-11-02
star this property answer text <p>A range of Government initiatives are supporting disabled people and people with health conditions, including fluctuating medical conditions, to start, stay and succeed in work.</p><p> </p><p>These include: increasing Work Coach support nationally for people with health conditions receiving Universal Credit or Employment Support Allowance; Disability Employment Advisers in Jobcentres offering advice and expertise on how to help disabled people into work; the Work and Health Programme and Intensive Personalised Employment Support, providing tailored and personalised support for participants; Access to Work; Disability Confident; and support in partnership with the health system, including Employment Advice in NHS Improving Access to Psychological Therapy services<em>.</em></p><p> </p><p>We are spending £1.3bn in employment support for disabled people and people with health conditions over the next three years.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the benefits of flexible working arrangements and is committed to supporting all individuals and businesses to work flexibly.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2014, all employees with 26 weeks’ continuous service have the statutory right to request a change to the hours, timing, or location of their work. The framework is clear that a request to work flexibly can only be rejected where there are sound business reasons for doing so – and those business reasons are set out in law.</p><p> </p><p>Last year, the Government took forward a manifesto commitment to consult on making changes to the right to request flexible working a ‘day one’ right and whether the business reasons for refusing requests remain valid. The Government response will be published in due course.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Corby more like this
star this property answering member printed Tom Pursglove more like this
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less than 2022-11-02T14:42:23.847Zmore like thismore than 2022-11-02T14:42:23.847Z
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star this property label Biography information for Tom Pursglove more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Rachael Maskell more like this
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star this property date less than 2023-03-22more like thismore than 2023-03-22
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Department for Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept id 29 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property hansard heading Employment: Disability remove filter
star this property house id 1 more like this
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unstar this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support disabled people to work. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency South Holland and The Deepings more like this
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Sir John Hayes more like this
star this property uin 171350 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2023-03-28more like thismore than 2023-03-28
star this property answer text <p>A range of Government initiatives support disabled people and people with health conditions to start, stay, and succeed in work.</p><p> </p><p>These include:</p><ul><li>Increasing Work Coach support in Jobcentres for people with health conditions receiving Universal Credit or Employment and Support Allowance;</li><li>Disability Employment Advisers in Jobcentres offering advice and expertise on how to help disabled people and people with health conditions into work;</li><li>The Work and Health Programme and Intensive Personalised Employment Support, providing tailored and personalised support for participants;</li><li>Access to Work grants towards extra costs of working beyond standard reasonable adjustments;</li><li>Disability Confident encouraging employers to think differently about disability and health, and to take positive action to address the issues disabled employees face in the workplace;</li><li>The Information and Advice Service providing better integrated and tailored guidance on supporting and managing health and disability in the workplace; and</li><li>Support in partnership between the DWP and the health system, including Employment Advice in NHS Talking Therapies, which combines psychological treatment and employment support for people with mental health conditions.</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p>To tackle rising economic inactivity due to long-term sickness, we announced a wide-reaching package at the Spring Budget to support disabled people and people with health conditions to work. New investment focuses on providing faster access to joined-up work and health support, including for mental health and musculoskeletal conditions, the two leading causes of economic inactivity due to long term sickness.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Corby more like this
star this property answering member printed Tom Pursglove more like this
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less than 2023-03-28T12:09:28.613Zmore like thismore than 2023-03-28T12:09:28.613Z
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star this property label Biography information for Tom Pursglove more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Sir John Hayes more like this
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star this property date less than 2020-11-17more like thismore than 2020-11-17
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Department for Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept id 29 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property hansard heading Employment: Disability remove filter
star this property house id 1 more like this
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unstar this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's 2017 Green Paper entitled Improving Lives, what research she has commissioned on potential new policies to support disabled people in employment; and when the conclusions of that research are planned for publication. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow more like this
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Dr Lisa Cameron more like this
star this property uin 116531 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2020-11-25more like thismore than 2020-11-25
star this property answer text <p>A range of research and evaluations have been commissioned to explore the commitments made in Improving Lives. This includes:</p><ul><li>Investigating the acceptability of different healthcare professionals issuing fit notes amongst different audiences</li><li>Understanding the provision of occupational health and work-related musculoskeletal services</li><li>Employment Advisers in Improving Access to Psychological Therapies: Evaluation</li><li>Self-employment for people with disabilities and health conditions</li><li>Private providers of occupational health services</li><li>Employers’ motivations and practices: A study of the use of Occupational Health Services</li><li>Sickness absence and health in the workplace: understanding employer behaviour and practice</li><li>Innovation and knowledge development amongst providers of occupational health</li><li>International comparison of occupational health systems and provisions</li><li>Group Work/JOBS II: Process Evaluation</li><li>Group Work/JOBS II: Cost Benefit Analysis</li><li>Health-led Employment Trial Evaluation</li><li>The work aspirations and support needs of claimants in the ESA Support Group and Universal Credit equivalent</li></ul><p> </p><p>The following reports have been published on gov.uk:</p><ul><li>Exploring perceptions and attitudes towards the extension of fit note certification (August 2020)</li><li>Understanding the provision of occupational health and work-related musculoskeletal services (May 2020)</li><li>Employment Advisers in Improving Access to Psychological Therapies: process evaluation report (July 2019)</li><li>The work aspirations and support needs of claimants in the ESA Support Group and Universal Credit equivalent (February 2020)</li><li>Sickness absence and health in the workplace: employer behaviour and practice. An <em>interim summary report </em>(June 2019)</li><li>Self-employment for people with disabilities and health conditions (May 2019)</li><li>Private providers of occupational health services: <em>interim report</em> (April 2019)</li><li>Employers’ motivations and practices: A study of the use of Occupational Health Services (April 2019)</li></ul><p> </p><p>Publication dates are not confirmed for the remainder of commissioned projects.</p><p> </p><p /><p> </p>
star this property answering member constituency North Swindon more like this
star this property answering member printed Justin Tomlinson more like this
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less than 2020-11-25T17:43:41.213Zmore like thismore than 2020-11-25T17:43:41.213Z
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star this property label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron more like this
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star this property date less than 2022-01-18more like thismore than 2022-01-18
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Department for Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept id 29 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property hansard heading Employment: Disability remove filter
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unstar this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy published 28 July 2021, what recent progress her Department has made towards the introduction of a new approach to conditionality for disabled people and people with health conditions, which aims to enable an honest and open conversation between a person and their work coach about what they can do. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Lewisham, Deptford more like this
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Vicky Foxcroft more like this
star this property uin 106804 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2022-01-31more like thismore than 2022-01-31
star this property answer text <p>A staged roll out of a new approach to conditionality for disabled claimants and claimants with health conditions went live in January 2021 and was completed in December 2021. It began with claimants who made a claim to Universal Credit (UC) and/or New Style Employment Support Allowance (NS ESA) between March to July 2020. Thereafter, rolling out to all claimants on the UC health journey, and/or NS ESA.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Norwich North more like this
star this property answering member printed Chloe Smith more like this
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less than 2022-01-31T12:15:52.98Zmore like thismore than 2022-01-31T12:15:52.98Z
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star this property label Biography information for Chloe Smith more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft more like this
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star this property date less than 2024-02-06more like thismore than 2024-02-06
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Department for Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept id 29 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property hansard heading Employment: Disability remove filter
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support young disabled people into employment. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Loughborough more like this
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Jane Hunt more like this
star this property uin 13475 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2024-02-14more like thismore than 2024-02-14
star this property answer text <p>Access to Work is a demand-led discretionary grant which supports the recruitment and retention of eligible disabled people aged 16 and over in sustainable, paid employment. Access to Work plays an active role in supporting the transitions of young disabled people into employment, by providing funding for in work support including vocational programmes such as Supported Internships, Traineeships and Apprenticeships.</p><p> </p><p>To help raise awareness of support available when young disabled people move into employment, identify adjustments and reduce the need for multiple assessments, a series of passports and planners have been developed, with the Adjustments Planner focusing on transitions from education to employment.</p><p> </p><p>The Adjustments Planner provides students with a transferable record of their adjustments, support, and work requirements and can help the student settle into college/university life. It can also offer support beyond education by smoothing the transition into employment - reducing the burden when applying for Access to Work, enabling support to be put in place quickly and removing the need for the student to repeat personal details.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Mid Sussex more like this
star this property answering member printed Mims Davies more like this
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less than 2024-02-14T13:56:54.907Zmore like thismore than 2024-02-14T13:56:54.907Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mims Davies more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Jane Hunt more like this
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star this property date less than 2022-11-24more like thismore than 2022-11-24
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Department for Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept id 29 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property hansard heading Employment: Disability remove filter
star this property house id 1 more like this
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unstar this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the Government's progress in increasing the number of disabled people in work. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Crewe and Nantwich more like this
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Dr Kieran Mullan more like this
star this property uin 95981 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2022-11-30more like thismore than 2022-11-30
star this property answer text <p>According to the latest figures from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) on working age (16-64) employment, there were 4.9 million disabled people in employment in the UK in Q3 2022. This is an increase of 240,000 on the year and an overall increase of 2.0 million since the same quarter in 2013.</p><p> </p><p>The Government set a goal to see a million more disabled people in employment between 2017 and 2027.</p><p> </p><p>Figures released for Q1 2022 showed that between Q1 2017 and Q1 2022 the number of disabled people in employment increased by 1.3 million – meaning the goal was met after only five years.</p><p> </p><p>Estimations suggest that the rise in the total number of disabled people in employment between 2013 and 2021 has been driven by several factors. These include: an increase in disability prevalence (50%), a strong labour market (20%), internal factors such as Government policy (25%), and an increase in the size of the working population (5%).</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p>
star this property answering member constituency Corby more like this
star this property answering member printed Tom Pursglove more like this
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less than 2022-11-30T13:55:50.077Zmore like thismore than 2022-11-30T13:55:50.077Z
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star this property label Biography information for Tom Pursglove more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan more like this