Oral Answers to Questions
Debate between Marie Rimmer and Justin Tomlinson(9 years, 4 months ago)
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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Justin Tomlinson)
I thank my hon. Friend for highlighting such excellent local initiatives. In my earlier answers I stressed how important that is. Last year we saw an increase of 238,000 disabled people in work. The employment rate is now 46.3%—up 2.1% from last year—and our Disability Confident campaign will continue to share best practice and signpost further help for local businesses.
Marie Rimmer (St Helens South and Whiston) (Lab)
T5. Following the shameful failure of the Front-Bench team once again to answer a question today, may I ask again why the Government are refusing to publish—even though the Information Commissioner has instructed them to do so—the up-to-date statistics relating to the number of people who have died, having been found fit for work at their face-to-face assessment?