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<p>Specialist Employability Support (SES) is a pan-disability employment programme
providing specialist personalised employment support for around 1,700 participants
with complex barriers to employment, including Autism Spectrum Disorders, each year.
Individuals with autism may request that specific referral opportunities are used
for their referral to SES, to allow providers to recognise their support requirements.</p><p>
</p><p>The Government confirmed in ‘Improving Lives, The Future of Work, Health and
Disability’, published in December 2017, that it is currently exploring the best policy
options for continuing to support those with greatest needs and most complex situations,
once the SES contracts come to an end.</p><p> </p><p>We have not made any formal assessment
of SES programme including on the employment outcomes of autistic people but we continue
to gather information and evidence including lessons learnt for developing our future
support.</p><p> </p><p>DWP has recently completed negotiations with SES providers
to extend referrals to the programme to end 2019 to ensure continuous provision for
this customer group whilst future support is put in place.</p><p> </p><p>The number
of working age disabled people in employment in the UK reached around 3.9 million
in Q3 2018. This was an increase of 123,000 since Q3 2017, and an overall increase
of 973,000 since Q3 2013, the earliest comparable figure.</p>
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