Access to Work Programme: Small Businesses
Commons · Question 43368 · Tabled 1 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by John Milne
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of making access to work schemes the responsibility of employers on small and medium-sized businesses.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 8 Apr 2025
As outlined in the Pathways to Work Green Paper published on 18 March, we need to get the balance right between supporting employers to understand and provide reasonable adjustments as part of their legal duties, and interventions that go beyond this this...