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<p>We set out our continued commitment to improving employment rates for disabled
people and people with long-term health conditions in <em>Improving Lives: the Future
of Work, Health and Disability</em>. We believe people should get the support they
need whatever their health condition or disability, whether that’s from their employer,
from the health system or from the welfare system.</p><p> </p><p>We have invested
in our Personal Support Package, which includes £330 million of funding over four
years with a range of new interventions and initiatives designed to provide support
that is tailored to the individual needs of claimants. We have recruited 300 additional
Disability Employment Advisers and we are introducing 200 new Community Partners,
bringing specialist advice and support into the Jobcentre.</p><p> </p><p>We are supporting
employers to help them recruit and retain disabled people and people with health conditions
through Disability Confident, the Access to Work scheme, and specialist advisers in
Jobcentres.</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.</p><p> </p>
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