Disabled People: Access to Work Fund Debate
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Baroness Thomas of Winchester
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Disabled People: Access to Work Fund
Baroness Thomas of Winchester Excerpts(8 years, 10 months ago)
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Baroness Altmann
My Lords, Access to Work is not being cut. We are introducing a cap, which means that the resources available can support growing numbers of people. We are determined to reduce the disability employment gap by half and to spend more money on these programmes. It is a demand-led programme. The cap will ensure that we can reach far more people, and, indeed, we did just that over the past year.
Baroness Thomas of Winchester (LD)
Does the Minister accept that when the bulk of personal independence payment reassessments start in October, when thousands may lose their Motability cards, the Access to Work scheme is likely to be overwhelmed by disabled people trying to get to work, particularly in rural areas?