Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding the Government has in place to provide personal support packages for disabled people in the employment and support allowance work-related activity group; and whether such support is voluntary for disabled people.

As announced in the Green Paper, we are putting in place a Personal Support Package to support those on ESA Work-Related Activity Component and UC Limited Capability for Work element. We have allocated a total of £330m for new, voluntary support for people with limited capability for work, over four years starting from April 2017. This will provide support for new ESA/UC claimants with limited capability for work, helping them to move closer to the labour market and, when they are ready, move into work.