Written questions

Employment: Disability

Commons · Question 38300 · Tabled 13 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 21 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Zöe Franklin

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support more people with disabilities to (a) enter and (b) remain in the workplace; and what plans she has to improve access to (i) employment opportunities and (ii) workplac

Answer

Answered by Alison McGovern, 21 Mar 2025

Appropriate work is generally good for health and wellbeing, so we want everyone to get work and get on in work, whoever they are and wherever they live. Disabled people and people with health conditions are a diverse group so access to the right work and...