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<p>The Minister for Family Support, Housing and Child Maintenance leads on policy
for children and families within DWP – including the delivery of the Reducing Parental
Conflict programme, the Child Maintenance Service, Maternity benefits and the Family
Test which was developed to ensure that potential impacts on family relationships
and functioning are considered in advice put to Ministers. To strengthen implementation
of the Family Test, we are currently working across government with a newly created
Family Test Network.</p><p> </p><p>To fulfil this role DWP works with a range of other
departments to ensure the policy we deliver for children and families is effective,
but it does not coordinate children and families’ policy across government.</p><p>
</p><p>Part of the role of the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work
is to work across government to encourage development of policies to tackle the barriers
disabled people face to realising their full participation in society. Whilst disability
policy is the responsibility of all departments, by working together we can improve
disabled people’s participation, for which we are jointly responsible.</p>
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