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Department for Work and Pensions more like this
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star this property hansard heading Employment: Disability remove filter
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star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to end the disability employment gap. more like this
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Lord Touhig more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2015-06-18more like thismore than 2015-06-18
unstar this property answer text <p>In the last 12 months there has been an increase of 238,000 disabled people in work. That is really positive, but there is more to do.</p><p> </p><p>We have been very clear that the gap between the employment rates of disabled people and non-disabled people remains too big and have committed to halving it.</p><p> </p><p>Government cannot achieve this ambition alone so we are working closely with disabled people, their organisations, employers and employment support providers to develop our strategy to enable more disabled people to get into, remain in and progress in work.</p><p> </p><p>The Disability Confident Campaign, which actively promotes the Access to Work scheme, is key to supporting employers in working with Government to halve the disability employment gap.</p> more like this
star this property answering member printed Baroness Altmann more like this
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less than 2015-06-18T11:45:10.297Zmore like thismore than 2015-06-18T11:45:10.297Z
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star this property label Biography information for Baroness Altmann more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Touhig more like this