Work Capability Assessment Debate

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Earl Attlee

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Work Capability Assessment

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Wednesday 5th November 2014

(10 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Freud Portrait Lord Freud
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If the noble Baroness is referring to a newspaper story about 50p, I can assure her that that is not government policy.

Earl Attlee Portrait Earl Attlee (Con)
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My Lords, what progress is being made in getting more disabled people working, which is so important for their self-esteem?

Lord Freud Portrait Lord Freud
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We have seen 116,000 disabled people return to the workforce this year. That is a 4% increase and is faster than the 2.6% rate of increase which is the average.

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