Supporting Disabled People to Work Debate
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Chris Stephens
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Supporting Disabled People to Work
Chris Stephens Excerpts(5 years, 8 months ago)
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Justin Tomlinson
My hon. Friend is another champion in his constituency, ensuring that disabled residents have the maximum opportunity that so many of us take for granted. We are spending £10 billion more in real terms on disability benefits than we were in 2010, and that is making a difference to some of the most vulnerable people in society.
Chris Stephens (Glasgow South West) (SNP)
It is good to see that the Minister survived his grilling from the Work and Pensions Committee yesterday. Has he seen the report from the think-tank Demos, which has found that there is a “chronic” lack of trust between disabled people and the Department, and that 60% of disabled people do not believe that it understands their concerns? What will he do to address that perception?