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Access to Work Programme: Mental Illness

Commons · Question 97707 · Tabled 5 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 12 Dec 2025

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Asked by Zöe Franklin

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with mental health conditions receive reasonable adjustments under Access to Work on an equal basis with those whose disabilities arise from phy

Answer

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 12 Dec 2025

Access to Work supports workplace adjustments that go beyond what would normally be expected from an employer through their duty to provide reasonable adjustments as outlined in the Equality Act 2010, including for mental health conditions. As set out in ...