Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with epilepsy have been helped into employment through (a) the Work and Health Programme, (b) Personal Support Package and (c) Access to Work.

a) The information on the Work and Health Programme is not readily available and has not previously been published as official statistics. We are considering whether it is feasible to produce the statistics requested and, if so, will issue them in an official statistics release in accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.

b) The information on the Personal Support Programme is not readily available and has not previously been published as official statistics.

c) Access to Work support is available for disabled people who are in work or about to start work. Information on the number of people in receipt of a payment from Access to Work by primary medical condition is published and available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/access-to-work-statistics