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1679606

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2024
	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	Unemployment: Mental Health
	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 ONS release Rising ill-health and economic inactivity because of long-term sickness, UK: 2019 to 2023, dated 26 July 2023, what interventions have proved effective at helping people with (a) anxiety and (b) bad nerves into work.
	tabling member constituency	Redditch
	tabling member printed	Rachel Maclean
	uin	8118
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government has a wide range of initiatives to support disabled people and people with health conditions, including <strong>anxiety, bad nerves and depression,</strong> to start, stay and succeed in work. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) works in lockstep with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) through our Joint DWP and DHSC Work &amp; Health Directorate (JWHD), which reports to both Secretaries of State. This was set up in 2015 in recognition of the significant link between work and health and to reflect the shared agenda of boosting employment opportunities for disabled people and people with health conditions, with a focus on building the evidence base for what works for whom.</p><p> </p><p>Based on the evidence and delivered through the JWHD in partnership with DHSC, we provide support to individuals and employers. Initiatives include:</p><ul><li><strong>Employment Advice in NHS Talking Therapies</strong>, which combines psychological treatment and employment support for people with mental health conditions;</li><li><strong>The Work and Health Programme</strong> providing tailored and personalised support for disabled people;</li><li><strong>Disability Confident</strong> 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><a href="https://www.support-with-employee-health-and-disability.dwp.gov.uk/support-with-employee-health-and-disability" target="_blank"><strong>A </strong><strong>digital</strong><strong> information service for employers</strong></a> providing better integrated and tailored guidance on supporting health and disability in the workplace;</li><li>Increasing access to <strong>occupational health</strong>, including the testing of financial incentives for small and medium-sized enterprises and the self-employed;</li><li><strong>Additional Work Coach</strong> support programme that provides disabled people and people with health conditions with increased tailored work coach support to help them move towards and into work;<strong>Disability Employment Advisers </strong>in Jobcentres offering advice and expertise on how to help disabled people and people with health conditions into work; and</li><li>The <strong>Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care (IPSPC)</strong> programme, a Supported Employment model (place, train and maintain) delivered in health settings, aimed at people with physical or common mental health conditions to support them to access paid jobs in the open labour market.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Building on existing provision and the £2 billion investment announced at the Spring Budget, we announced a new package of support in Autumn Statement 2023. This includes:</p><ul><li>Doubling the number of places on the <strong>Universal Support</strong> employment programme, to provide support for 100,000 people per year when fully rolled out;</li><li>Formally launching <strong>WorkWell,</strong> which will bring together the NHS, local authorities and other partners, in collaboration with jobcentres, to provide light touch work and health support in approximately 15 pilot areas;</li><li>Building on the extension of the certification of the <strong>fit notes</strong> to a wider range of healthcare professions, exploring new ways of providing individuals receiving a fit note with timely access to work and health support; and</li><li>Establishing an expert group to support the development of the voluntary national baseline for Occupational Health provision.</li></ul> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 8124 8127 question first answered 15/01/2024 17:36:28 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean

1679607

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2024
	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	Unemployment: Mental Health
	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 ONS release Rising ill-health and economic inactivity because of long-term sickness, UK: 2019 to 2023, dated 26 July 2023, what the prevalence is of (a) bad nerves and (b) anxiety in people aged between 16 and 64 who have been economically inactive because of long term health conditions since (i) 2010 and (ii) 2000.
	tabling member constituency	Redditch
	tabling member printed	Rachel Maclean
	uin	8119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>“Depression, bad nerves or anxiety” is a pre-specified single category in the Labour Force Survey questionnaire. We are therefore unable to separate out depression, bad nerves and anxiety from each other.</p><p> </p><p>As such, we have provided a breakdown of working-age people (16-64) self-reporting depression, bad nerves or anxiety as a main or secondary health condition who are economically inactive due to long-term sickness from 2013 to 2023, published in <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/the-employment-of-disabled-people-2023/employment-of-disabled-people-2023" target="_blank">The Employment of Disabled People 2023</a> (Table EIA017).</p><p> </p><p>Prevalence of depression, bad nerves or anxiety for those who are economically inactive due to long-term sickness, 2013-2023</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Quarter</p></td><td><p>Number of people who are economically inactive because they are long-term sick (thousands)</p></td><td><p>Number of people who are economically inactive because they are long-term sick with depression, bad nerves or anxiety (thousands)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 13 to Jun 13</p></td><td><p>2,071</p></td><td><p>908</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 14 to Jun 14</p></td><td><p>1,999</p></td><td><p>908</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 15 to Jun 15</p></td><td><p>2,092</p></td><td><p>992</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 16 to Jun 16</p></td><td><p>2,048</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 17 to Jun 17</p></td><td><p>1,986</p></td><td><p>976</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 18 to Jun 18</p></td><td><p>2,046</p></td><td><p>980</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 19 to Jun 19</p></td><td><p>2,039</p></td><td><p>1,034</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 20 to Jun 20</p></td><td><p>2,133</p></td><td><p>1,143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 21 to Jun 21</p></td><td><p>2,192</p></td><td><p>1,149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 22 to Jun 22</p></td><td><p>2,394</p></td><td><p>1,256</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 23 to Jun 23</p></td><td><p>2,582</p></td><td><p>1,361</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS) quarterly person data</p><p>Note this is unpublished data from our own analysis of ONS Labour Force Survey data and that the ONS release compared Jan-Mar 2019 to Jan-Mar 2023 data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 15/01/2024 17:33:20 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean

1679608

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2024
	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	Mental Health
	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 ONS release Rising ill-health and economic inactivity because of long-term sickness, UK: 2019 to 2023, dated 26 July 2023, what the prevalence of (a) depression, (b) bad nerves and (c) anxiety is for each age cohort of (i) men and (ii) and for people (A) in work and (B) who are long term sick.
	tabling member constituency	Redditch
	tabling member printed	Rachel Maclean
	uin	8120
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>“Depression, bad nerves or anxiety” is a pre-specified single category in the Labour Force Survey questionnaire. We are therefore unable to separate out depression, bad nerves and anxiety from each other.</p><p> </p><p>As such, we have provided a breakdown of working-age people (16-64) self-reporting depression, bad nerves or anxiety as a main or secondary health condition by age and sex for those (A) in work and (B) economically inactive due to long-term sickness, for the most recent quarter of data available. Note this is unpublished data.</p><p> </p><p>Prevalence of depression, bad nerves or anxiety by age and sex, for those in work and those who are economically inactive due to long-term sickness, April-June 2023 (unpublished)</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>In work</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Economically inactive due to long-term sickness</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>Female</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>2,682,183</p></td><td><p>1,026,235</p></td><td><p>1,655,948</p></td><td><p>1,360,720</p></td><td><p>566,368</p></td><td><p>794,352</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16 to 24</p></td><td><p>317,861</p></td><td><p>108,056</p></td><td><p>209,805</p></td><td><p>106,622</p></td><td><p>48,054</p></td><td><p>58,568</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25 to 34</p></td><td><p>801,357</p></td><td><p>306,992</p></td><td><p>494,365</p></td><td><p>206,336</p></td><td><p>94,522</p></td><td><p>111,814</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>35 to 49</p></td><td><p>895,129</p></td><td><p>333,752</p></td><td><p>561,377</p></td><td><p>328,877</p></td><td><p>133,968</p></td><td><p>194,909</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>50 to 64</p></td><td><p>667,836</p></td><td><p>277,435</p></td><td><p>390,401</p></td><td><p>718,885</p></td><td><p>289,824</p></td><td><p>429,061</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS) quarterly person data</p><p>Note this is unpublished data from our own analysis of ONS Labour Force Survey data and that the ONS release compared Jan-Mar 2019 to Jan-Mar 2023 data.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 15/01/2024 17:44:01 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean

1679611

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2024
	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	Unemployment: Mental Health
	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 ONS release Rising ill-health and economic inactivity because of long-term sickness, UK: 2019 to 2023, dated 26 July 2023, how job coaches work with people self reporting (a) bad nerves and (b) anxiety.
	tabling member constituency	Redditch
	tabling member printed	Rachel Maclean
	uin	8123
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2024 answer text <p>Work coaches are trained to consider claimant's circumstances and to tailor support according to their individual needs. Staff complete training that covers a wide range of circumstances, including when claimants disclose they are experiencing a range of mental health issues.</p><p> </p><p>The requirements any claimant is asked to meet will be clearly set out in their Claimant Commitment. All requirements are set in discussion with the claimant, tailored to their capability and circumstances, making them realistic and achievable.</p><p> </p><p>Work coaches are also signposted to tools, guidance, support and websites to effectively use resources from both internal and external sites. This ensures that they access the most up to date advice on a particular health condition. They also have access to information on services available in their local area and can signpost to relevant organisations for support.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 12/01/2024 12:41:03 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean

1679612

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2024
	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: Mental Health
	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 ONS release Rising ill-health and economic inactivity because of long-term sickness, UK: 2019 to 2023, dated 26 July 2023, what steps his Department takes to work with the Department of Health and Social Care on clinically recognised approaches to treating (a) bad nerves and (b) anxiety to design appropriate work-related interventions to tackle rates of long term sickness.
	tabling member constituency	Redditch
	tabling member printed	Rachel Maclean
	uin	8124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government has a wide range of initiatives to support disabled people and people with health conditions, including <strong>anxiety, bad nerves and depression,</strong> to start, stay and succeed in work. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) works in lockstep with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) through our Joint DWP and DHSC Work &amp; Health Directorate (JWHD), which reports to both Secretaries of State. This was set up in 2015 in recognition of the significant link between work and health and to reflect the shared agenda of boosting employment opportunities for disabled people and people with health conditions, with a focus on building the evidence base for what works for whom.</p><p> </p><p>Based on the evidence and delivered through the JWHD in partnership with DHSC, we provide support to individuals and employers. Initiatives include:</p><ul><li><strong>Employment Advice in NHS Talking Therapies</strong>, which combines psychological treatment and employment support for people with mental health conditions;</li><li><strong>The Work and Health Programme</strong> providing tailored and personalised support for disabled people;</li><li><strong>Disability Confident</strong> 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><a href="https://www.support-with-employee-health-and-disability.dwp.gov.uk/support-with-employee-health-and-disability" target="_blank"><strong>A </strong><strong>digital</strong><strong> information service for employers</strong></a> providing better integrated and tailored guidance on supporting health and disability in the workplace;</li><li>Increasing access to <strong>occupational health</strong>, including the testing of financial incentives for small and medium-sized enterprises and the self-employed;</li><li><strong>Additional Work Coach</strong> support programme that provides disabled people and people with health conditions with increased tailored work coach support to help them move towards and into work;<strong>Disability Employment Advisers </strong>in Jobcentres offering advice and expertise on how to help disabled people and people with health conditions into work; and</li><li>The <strong>Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care (IPSPC)</strong> programme, a Supported Employment model (place, train and maintain) delivered in health settings, aimed at people with physical or common mental health conditions to support them to access paid jobs in the open labour market.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Building on existing provision and the £2 billion investment announced at the Spring Budget, we announced a new package of support in Autumn Statement 2023. This includes:</p><ul><li>Doubling the number of places on the <strong>Universal Support</strong> employment programme, to provide support for 100,000 people per year when fully rolled out;</li><li>Formally launching <strong>WorkWell,</strong> which will bring together the NHS, local authorities and other partners, in collaboration with jobcentres, to provide light touch work and health support in approximately 15 pilot areas;</li><li>Building on the extension of the certification of the <strong>fit notes</strong> to a wider range of healthcare professions, exploring new ways of providing individuals receiving a fit note with timely access to work and health support; and</li><li>Establishing an expert group to support the development of the voluntary national baseline for Occupational Health provision.</li></ul> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 8118 8127 question first answered 15/01/2024 17:36:28 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean

1679613

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2024
	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	Unemployment: Mental Health
	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 ONS release Rising ill-health and economic inactivity because of long-term sickness, UK: 2019 to 2023, dated 26 July 2023, whether (a) policy interventions for and (b) other approaches to (i) bad nerves and (ii) anxiety are different for people reporting it as a (A) primary and (B) secondary condition.
	tabling member constituency	Redditch
	tabling member printed	Rachel Maclean
	uin	8125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>On average between 2014 and 2022, disabled people who reported depression, bad nerves or anxiety as their main long-term health condition were more likely to move into work than those that reported it as a main or secondary condition – 14.8% of those not in work the previous year for main condition compared to 9.5% for main or secondary condition. To note, the way the survey data is structured means we are unable to look at labour market impacts for those with conditions listed <strong>only</strong> as a secondary condition.</p><p> </p><p>The Work Capability Assessment (WCA) assesses an individual against a set of descriptors to determine how their health condition(s) or disability affects their ability to work. A key principle is that the WCA considers the impact that a person’s disability or health condition has on them, not the condition itself. Therefore, whether the condition is primary or secondary is not relevant to the WCA outcome.</p><p>The WCA outcome will determine what work-related requirements, if any, are appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Those with particular health conditions, regardless of whether they are listed as primary or secondary conditions, may be found in any labour market regime as people’s conditions can impact their ability to work or engage in work related activity in different ways. This varies from claimants experiencing the most severe impacts from their health condition who are placed in the No Work Related Requirement group and cannot be subject to any work-related requirements, to claimants with health conditions but who are nonetheless fit for work who may set up to 35 hours of work search a week. Where claimants are in a group where conditionality is set, conditionality is agreed between the WC and the claimant and always tailored to someone’s circumstances. A work coach will consider the circumstances of the person in front of them when setting requirements and referring them to specific provision or policy interventions, regardless of whether a condition is listed as a ‘primary’ or ‘secondary’ condition.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 8126 question first answered 15/01/2024 17:41:52 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean

1679614

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2024
	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	Unemployment: Mental Health
	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 ONS release Rising ill-health and economic inactivity because of long-term sickness, UK: 2019 to 2023, dated 26 July 2023, whether performance differs in helping people to re-engage with work who report (a) anxiety and (b) bad nerves as a (i) primary and (ii) secondary condition.
	tabling member constituency	Redditch
	tabling member printed	Rachel Maclean
	uin	8126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>On average between 2014 and 2022, disabled people who reported depression, bad nerves or anxiety as their main long-term health condition were more likely to move into work than those that reported it as a main or secondary condition – 14.8% of those not in work the previous year for main condition compared to 9.5% for main or secondary condition. To note, the way the survey data is structured means we are unable to look at labour market impacts for those with conditions listed <strong>only</strong> as a secondary condition.</p><p> </p><p>The Work Capability Assessment (WCA) assesses an individual against a set of descriptors to determine how their health condition(s) or disability affects their ability to work. A key principle is that the WCA considers the impact that a person’s disability or health condition has on them, not the condition itself. Therefore, whether the condition is primary or secondary is not relevant to the WCA outcome.</p><p>The WCA outcome will determine what work-related requirements, if any, are appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Those with particular health conditions, regardless of whether they are listed as primary or secondary conditions, may be found in any labour market regime as people’s conditions can impact their ability to work or engage in work related activity in different ways. This varies from claimants experiencing the most severe impacts from their health condition who are placed in the No Work Related Requirement group and cannot be subject to any work-related requirements, to claimants with health conditions but who are nonetheless fit for work who may set up to 35 hours of work search a week. Where claimants are in a group where conditionality is set, conditionality is agreed between the WC and the claimant and always tailored to someone’s circumstances. A work coach will consider the circumstances of the person in front of them when setting requirements and referring them to specific provision or policy interventions, regardless of whether a condition is listed as a ‘primary’ or ‘secondary’ condition.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 8125 question first answered 15/01/2024 17:41:52 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean

1679615

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2024
	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: Mental Health
	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 ONS release Rising ill-health and economic inactivity because of long-term sickness, UK: 2019 to 2023, dated 26 July 2023, what guidance his Department provides to employers to help them manage employees who report (a) bad nerves, (b) depression and (c) anxiety to stay in work.
	tabling member constituency	Redditch
	tabling member printed	Rachel Maclean
	uin	8127
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government has a wide range of initiatives to support disabled people and people with health conditions, including <strong>anxiety, bad nerves and depression,</strong> to start, stay and succeed in work. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) works in lockstep with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) through our Joint DWP and DHSC Work &amp; Health Directorate (JWHD), which reports to both Secretaries of State. This was set up in 2015 in recognition of the significant link between work and health and to reflect the shared agenda of boosting employment opportunities for disabled people and people with health conditions, with a focus on building the evidence base for what works for whom.</p><p> </p><p>Based on the evidence and delivered through the JWHD in partnership with DHSC, we provide support to individuals and employers. Initiatives include:</p><ul><li><strong>Employment Advice in NHS Talking Therapies</strong>, which combines psychological treatment and employment support for people with mental health conditions;</li><li><strong>The Work and Health Programme</strong> providing tailored and personalised support for disabled people;</li><li><strong>Disability Confident</strong> 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><a href="https://www.support-with-employee-health-and-disability.dwp.gov.uk/support-with-employee-health-and-disability" target="_blank"><strong>A </strong><strong>digital</strong><strong> information service for employers</strong></a> providing better integrated and tailored guidance on supporting health and disability in the workplace;</li><li>Increasing access to <strong>occupational health</strong>, including the testing of financial incentives for small and medium-sized enterprises and the self-employed;</li><li><strong>Additional Work Coach</strong> support programme that provides disabled people and people with health conditions with increased tailored work coach support to help them move towards and into work;<strong>Disability Employment Advisers </strong>in Jobcentres offering advice and expertise on how to help disabled people and people with health conditions into work; and</li><li>The <strong>Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care (IPSPC)</strong> programme, a Supported Employment model (place, train and maintain) delivered in health settings, aimed at people with physical or common mental health conditions to support them to access paid jobs in the open labour market.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Building on existing provision and the £2 billion investment announced at the Spring Budget, we announced a new package of support in Autumn Statement 2023. This includes:</p><ul><li>Doubling the number of places on the <strong>Universal Support</strong> employment programme, to provide support for 100,000 people per year when fully rolled out;</li><li>Formally launching <strong>WorkWell,</strong> which will bring together the NHS, local authorities and other partners, in collaboration with jobcentres, to provide light touch work and health support in approximately 15 pilot areas;</li><li>Building on the extension of the certification of the <strong>fit notes</strong> to a wider range of healthcare professions, exploring new ways of providing individuals receiving a fit note with timely access to work and health support; and</li><li>Establishing an expert group to support the development of the voluntary national baseline for Occupational Health provision.</li></ul> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 8118 8124 question first answered 15/01/2024 17:36:28 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean

1681055

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2024
	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: Mental Health
	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 ONS release Rising ill-health and economic inactivity because of long-term sickness, UK: 2019 to 2023, dated 26 July 2023, whether he is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to encourage people with (a) depression, (b) bad nerves and (c) anxiety to self manage their conditions by engaging with work.
	tabling member constituency	Redditch
	tabling member printed	Rachel Maclean
	uin	9063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>Good work is generally good for health. The Government therefore has a wide range of initiatives to support disabled people and people with health conditions, including depression, bad nerves and anxiety, to start, stay and succeed in work. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) works in lockstep with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) through our Joint DWP and DHSC Work &amp; Health Directorate (JWHD), which reports to both Secretaries of State. This was set up in 2015 in recognition of the significant link between work and health and to reflect the shared agenda of boosting employment opportunities for disabled people and people with health conditions, with a focus on building the evidence base for what works for whom.</p><p> </p><p>Based on the evidence and delivered through the JWHD in partnership with DHSC, we provide support to individuals and employers. Disabled people and people with health conditions are a diverse group so access to the right work and health support, in the right place, at the right time, is key. Initiatives include:</p><ul><li><strong>Employment Advice in NHS Talking Therapies</strong>, which combines psychological treatment and employment support for people with mental health conditions;</li><li><strong>The Work and Health Programme</strong> providing tailored and personalised support for disabled people;</li><li><strong>Disability Confident</strong> 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><strong>A </strong><a href="https://www.support-with-employee-health-and-disability.dwp.gov.uk/support-with-employee-health-and-disability" target="_blank"><strong>digital information service for employers</strong></a> providing better integrated and tailored guidance on supporting health and disability in the workplace;</li><li>Increasing access to <strong>occupational health</strong>, including the testing of financial incentives for small and medium-sized enterprises and the self-employed;</li><li><strong>Additional Work Coach</strong> support programme that provides disabled people and people with health conditions with increased tailored work coach support to help them move towards and into work;</li><li><strong>Disability Employment Advisers </strong>in Jobcentres offering advice and expertise on how to help disabled people and people with health conditions into work; and</li><li>The <strong>Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care (IPSPC)</strong> programme, a Supported Employment model (place, train and maintain) delivered in health settings, aimed at people with physical or common mental health conditions to support them to access paid jobs in the open labour market.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Building on existing provision and the £2 billion investment announced at the Spring Budget, we announced a new package of support in Autumn Statement 2023. This includes:</p><ul><li>Doubling the number of places on the <strong>Universal Support</strong> employment programme, to provide support for 100,000 people per year when fully rolled out;</li><li>Formally launching <strong>WorkWell,</strong> which will bring together the NHS, local authorities and other partners, in collaboration with jobcentres, to provide light touch work and health support in approximately 15 pilot areas;</li><li>Building on the extension of the certification of the <strong>fit notes</strong> to a wider range of healthcare professions, exploring new ways of providing individuals receiving a fit note with timely access to work and health support; and</li><li>Establishing an expert group to support the development of the voluntary national baseline for Occupational Health provision.</li></ul> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 18/01/2024 13:35:21 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean

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	registered interest
	date	29/01/2024
	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	Anxiety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what clinical definition of anxiety his Department uses.
	tabling member constituency	Redditch
	tabling member printed	Rachel Maclean
	uin	11860
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department does not use a specific clinical definition of anxiety as Work Capability Assessments and Personal Independence Payment assessments are functional assessments that focus on the impacts of a person’s health condition or disability on their daily life, rather than the diagnosis itself.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 06/02/2024 17:28:36 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean