Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the policy paper entitled Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper, published on 15 March 2023, which Jobcentres are included in the trial of extra work coach support for people on universal credit and employment support allowance currently awaiting their work capability assessment and for people who have been found to have limited capability for work or work-related activity but would like help to move into work.

Additional Work Coach Support has been trialled and it is available in all Jobcentres within 12 districts, as listed below. This is one-third of Jobcentres.

These districts are – Birmingham and Solihull, Cumbria and Lancashire, Devon and Cornwall, East London, East Scotland, Essex, Kent, Lincoln Nottingham and Rutland, Merseyside, Northumberland Tyne and Wear, South West Wales, West Scotland.