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Debate between Lord Grayling and Nadine Dorries(13 years, 5 months ago)
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Chris Grayling
Overall, as the hon. Lady will have seen from the figures that we published before Christmas about expected numbers in the Work programme, we are likely to see more people in the harder-to-help groups go into the programme than was previously expected. However, she will also have seen from the previous sets of statistics on ESA that we have a larger than expected support group, which is partly because of policy changes that we have made in areas such as cancer, addiction and mental health in which we are trying to provide better long-term protection for people who are genuinely vulnerable.
Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire) (Con)
2. What steps he took to consult disabled people and representative organisations on the development of the personal independence payment.