Employment Services: Disability

(asked on 7th September 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made on bringing forward legislative proposals to give unemployed disabled claimants personalised and tailored employment support.


Answered by
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Penny Mordaunt
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
This question was answered on 18th September 2017

We rolled out the Personal Support Package (PSP) from April 2017 for people with health conditions, including a £330m package to deliver a broad range of employment and health support for new ESA Work Related Activity Group and UC Limited Capability for Work claimants. This also includes an expansion of the national employment support provision.

We have additionally recruited 300 new Disability Employment Advisers, assigned an additional £15 million to the Flexible Support Fund, made changes to the permitted work rules, and almost completed the roll out of the Health and Work Conversation. This is in line with our ambition to provide a support system which can be personalised and tailored to the needs of the individual.

Moreover, we consulted on a range of proposals in the Green Paper, Improving Lives, and we are carefully considering how to take these forward in consultation with a range of stakeholders.

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