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Written Question
Employment and Support Allowance: Disability
Thursday 3rd March 2016

Asked by: Victoria Borwick (Conservative - Kensington)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support disabled people affected by the changes to employment and support allowance work-related activity group.

Answered by Priti Patel - Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

We are providing new funding for additional practical support for claimants with limited capability for work from April 2017, when the removal of the work-related activity component will come into effect, rising from £60 million in 2017/18 to £100 million a year in 2020/21.

In addition to this, we also plan to provide additional funding of £15 million in 2017/18 to increase the local Jobcentre Flexible Support Fund.