Debates between Gareth Davies and Gareth Bacon during the 2019-2024 Parliament

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Gareth Davies and Gareth Bacon
Monday 5th December 2022

(2 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Gareth Davies Portrait Gareth Davies (Grantham and Stamford) (Con)
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21. What progress his Department has made on increasing the number of people with disabilities in work.

Gareth Bacon Portrait Gareth Bacon (Orpington) (Con)
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24. What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's policies in helping people into work.

Guy Opperman Portrait The Minister for Employment (Guy Opperman)
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I have visited around 50 jobcentres, and this is an opportunity for me to thank the many disability employment advisers who do a fantastic job ensuring that we get disabled people into work. That figure is up 2 million since 2013, with nearly 5 million disabled people in work at the moment.