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<p>The Government is committed to reducing the disability employment gap and seeing
a million more disabled people, regardless of their disability, in work between 2017
and 2027. <strong>The DWP has a range of programmes and support to help disabled people,
including deaf people. </strong></p><p> </p><p>These include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The
<strong>Work and Health Programme</strong> which is designed to help people, particularly
people with disabilities, who need extra tailored support to find employment. It will
help 275,000 people over 5 years, including 220,000 disabled people.</li></ul><p>
</p><ul><li>The <strong>Intensive Personalised Employment Support Programme</strong>
which is a new, voluntary, contracted employment provision designed to help disabled
people, who have complex needs or barriers and who want to work.</li></ul><p> </p><p>
</p><ul><li><strong>Access to Work</strong> which offers eligible disabled people
a grant of up to £59,200 per year to fund support above the level of reasonable adjustments,
to ensure that their health condition or disability does not hold them back in the
workplace. People who are deaf and hard of hearing are the largest group of users
of Access to Work, and in 2018/19 Access to Work grants totalled £129m, of which £45.8m
was in respect of this group.</li><li>Jobcentre Plus: Our Jobcentres offer tailored
support from Work Coaches and Disability Employment Advisers, backed by the Personal
Support Package which is a 4 year, £330 million package of employment support targeted
at claimants with disabilities and health conditions.</li></ul><p> </p><p>In addition,
through the <strong>Disability Confident scheme</strong>, we are also working with
employers to change attitudes and create employment opportunities by enabling businesses
to recruit and retain disabled people in their workplace. There are already over 16,500
employers signed up to Disability Confident scheme, and their number continues to
grow.</p>
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