Question follow-through · 9484

Employment: Advisory Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the evidential basis supporting her statement that trials of employment advisers giving CV and interview advice in hospitals has produced dramatic results.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
16 Oct 2024
Target answer date
22 Oct 2024
Answer
22 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the evidential basis supporting her statement that trials of employment advisers giving CV and interview advice in hospitals has produced dramatic results.

  2. 22 Oct 2024

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  3. 22 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    Based on over 20 years of research, the Individual Placement and Support employment model is internationally recognised as the most effective way to support people with mental health problems to gain and keep paid employment. Individual Placement and Supp...

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