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1280681

registered interest
date	26/01/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to close the disability employment gap since April 2020.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	143820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2021 answer text <p>A range of DWP initiatives are supporting disabled people to stay in and enter work. These include the Work and Health Programme, the Intensive Personalised Employment Support programme, Access to Work, Disability Confident and support in partnership with the health system, including Employment Advice in NHS Improving Access to Psychological Therapy services.</p><p> </p><p>In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, we have provided specialist employment support remotely and made programmes easier to access.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is bringing forward a Green Paper on health and disability support. The Green Paper will consider how we improve our current service so it’s better and easier to use, explore how we provide extra support to navigate the system, and understand how we improve our employment support offer. Additionally, the Government plans to publish a National Strategy for Disabled People this year to ensure that all disabled people can play a full role in society. The strategy will take into account the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on disabled people with focus on the issues that affect them the most.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 01/02/2021 13:22:15 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1273832

registered interest
date	06/01/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to increase the number of disability employment advisors.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	133801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>Disability Employment Advisers are an integral part of our services and we remain absolutely committed to supporting disabled people, including ensuring access to Disability Employment Advisers. We are planning to increase resourcing levels of Disability Employment Advisers during 21/22. Alongside this we are doubling the number of Work Coaches who provide support to all claimants including those who are disabled, and continue to provide support for disabled people through the Work and Health Programme and Access to Work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/01/2021 15:31:37 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1273410

registered interest
date	30/12/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of potential effect of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement on reducing the disability employment gap in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	133027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>We routinely monitor the employment of disabled people using the quarterly Labour Force Survey (LFS) along with other relevant sources. This will continue as we enter the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/01/2021 17:58:50 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1256476

registered interest
date	30/11/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the number of Job Centre staff who have experience in supporting disabled people to find employment.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL10918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>We remain absolutely committed to supporting disabled people, including ensuring access to Disability Employment Advisers (DEA). Our DEAs are an integral part of our service, supporting Work Coaches to provide more personalised support, tailored for each claimant’s individual needs; this includes peer coaching, three-way conversations with claimants and by sharing knowledge and information about health and disability services nationally and in local communities.</p><p> </p><p>All Jobcentre Work Coaches undergo a comprehensive learning journey designed to equip them with the tools, skills and behaviours required to provide a high quality service to all claimants including people with health conditions or disabilities. They receive on-going learning in their roles and have access to guidance which is refreshed at regular intervals. Part of the training programme advises Work Coaches to consult with their DEA if the claimant has a complex health issue or disability which need to be better understood. We are doubling the number of Work Coaches across our network of Jobcentres, from 13,500 to 27,000, so that every jobseeker receives tailored support to build skills and move into work.</p><p> </p><p>Additional support for disabled people is also available through initiatives such as Access to Work (ATW), Disability Confident, Work and Health Programme (WHP), Fair Start Scotland, and the Intensive Personalised Employment Support Programme (IPES).</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 15/12/2020 13:11:44 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1252786

registered interest
date	17/11/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's 2017 Green Paper entitled Improving Lives, what research she has commissioned on potential new policies to support disabled people in employment; and when the conclusions of that research are planned for publication.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	116531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2020 answer text <p>A range of research and evaluations have been commissioned to explore the commitments made in Improving Lives. This includes:</p><ul><li>Investigating the acceptability of different healthcare professionals issuing fit notes amongst different audiences</li><li>Understanding the provision of occupational health and work-related musculoskeletal services</li><li>Employment Advisers in Improving Access to Psychological Therapies: Evaluation</li><li>Self-employment for people with disabilities and health conditions</li><li>Private providers of occupational health services</li><li>Employers’ motivations and practices: A study of the use of Occupational Health Services</li><li>Sickness absence and health in the workplace: understanding employer behaviour and practice</li><li>Innovation and knowledge development amongst providers of occupational health</li><li>International comparison of occupational health systems and provisions</li><li>Group Work/JOBS II: Process Evaluation</li><li>Group Work/JOBS II: Cost Benefit Analysis</li><li>Health-led Employment Trial Evaluation</li><li>The work aspirations and support needs of claimants in the ESA Support Group and Universal Credit equivalent</li></ul><p> </p><p>The following reports have been published on gov.uk:</p><ul><li>Exploring perceptions and attitudes towards the extension of fit note certification (August 2020)</li><li>Understanding the provision of occupational health and work-related musculoskeletal services (May 2020)</li><li>Employment Advisers in Improving Access to Psychological Therapies: process evaluation report (July 2019)</li><li>The work aspirations and support needs of claimants in the ESA Support Group and Universal Credit equivalent (February 2020)</li><li>Sickness absence and health in the workplace: employer behaviour and practice. An <em>interim summary report </em>(June 2019)</li><li>Self-employment for people with disabilities and health conditions (May 2019)</li><li>Private providers of occupational health services: <em>interim report</em> (April 2019)</li><li>Employers’ motivations and practices: A study of the use of Occupational Health Services (April 2019)</li></ul><p> </p><p>Publication dates are not confirmed for the remainder of commissioned projects.</p><p> </p><p /><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 25/11/2020 17:43:41 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

1233679

registered interest
date	11/09/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department is providing to help disabled people (a) find and (b) remain in employment during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	88814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government has put in place a range of provision to help disabled people find and stay in work across the country. Our programmes include Access to Work, Disability Confident, specialised employment support including the Work and Health Programme and the Intensive Personalised Employment Support Programme, and local trials in partnership with the Department for Health and Social Care. During the Covid-19 outbreak, we have provided this support remotely and made the Work and Health and Intensive Personalised Employment Support programmes easier to access by allowing self-referrals as well as referrals through work coaches.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/09/2020 16:24:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1233531

registered interest
date	10/09/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with Centrepoint on supporting young people with special needs or disabilities who are looking for work.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	88321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2020 answer text <p>Ministers are committed to engaging with stakeholders like Centrepoint. The Minister for Welfare Delivery has met with Centrepoint a number of times over the last 12 months. His conversations with them tend to be wide-ranging and include topics such as support for disadvantaged young people who are in work, claiming benefits or looking for work.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will be bringing forward a Green Paper on health and disability support, which will focus on how the welfare system can better meet the needs of people with disabilities and health conditions. The Green Paper will be strongly influenced by the views of disabled people and representatives from disability organisations, drawing on the significant engagement we have conducted, which will continue over the Autumn</p><p> </p><p>The National Strategy for Disabled People is a key manifesto commitment for this Government and its delivery remains important for ministers, including No. 10. Its significance is even greater as we re-build the UK's economy and society in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>We want to achieve practical changes for disabled people, which remove barriers and increase opportunity. We are engaging widely with stakeholders and will ensure disabled people can directly share their views and insights on their key challenges. We plan to publish this high ambition strategy in Spring 2021.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/09/2020 13:52:08 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1232331

registered interest
date	08/09/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department is providing to help disabled people in (a) Stoke-on-Trent and (b) Kidsgrove find and stay in work during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Jonathan Gullis
uin	86774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government has put in place a range of provision to help disabled people find and stay in work across the country. We are already helping disabled people stay in work and enter work through a range of programmes, including Access to Work, Disability Confident, the Work and Health Programme and the Intensive Personalised Employment Support Programme. During the Covid-19 outbreak, we have provided this support remotely and made the Work and Health Programme and Intensive Personalised Employment Support programmes easier to access by allowing self-referrals as well as referrals through work coaches.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/09/2020 15:02:02 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis

1226963

registered interest
date	21/07/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how her Department monitors whether disabled workers receive the reasonable adjustments that they are entitled to under the Equality Act 2010 as distinct from the adjustments that her Department funds through the Access to Work scheme; and whether her Department collects or holds data that provides assurance that disabled workers receive those reasonable adjustments in a timely manner.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	77702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>Periodically, the Department undertakes research which enables activity on workplace adjustments to be examined. For example, a 2014 survey of employees found that 61 per cent of those who reported having a health condition and/or a sickness absence lasting more than two weeks had received workplace adjustments of some kind.</p><p> </p><p>Among employees who had adjustments made, just over half (55 per cent) reported that their employer made adjustments as soon as they were made aware of their health condition. A further third (33 per cent) of employees reported that their employer did not make adjustments until after a period of sickness absence, and 20 per cent only after their GP recommended changes.</p><p> </p><p>Source: Health and wellbeing at work: a survey of employees, 2014. Research Report 901. DWP; 2015. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/health-and-wellbeing-at-work-survey-of-employees" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/health-and-wellbeing-at-work-survey-of-employees</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 01/09/2020 16:41:50 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1226964

registered interest
date	21/07/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people applied for reasonable adjustments from their employer in the last 12 months; and what number and proportion of those applying for reasonable adjustments were (a) granted those adjustments and (b) did not receive a response from their employer.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	77703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>We do not hold the information requested.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 77704 question first answered 01/09/2020 15:48:11 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft