Derek Twigg
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Derek Twigg (Halton) (Lab)
On Monday, I asked the Minister how many disabled people stayed in a job after 12 months. She said:
“Of the nearly 13,000 people who have started on Work Choice, a third—30%—have stayed in work.”—[Official Report, 1 July 2013; Vol. 565, c. 595.]
Given that many disabled people have been employed for 12 months, has she assessed why 70% of them are not staying in work long term?
Esther McVey
The hon. Gentleman makes a good point. We are looking at that, at what we can do and at the best way forward. That is why we have a brand new, two-year specialist disability employment strategy, which will start later in July, to see what is the best support we can give to those people.