Question follow-through · 10219

Employment: Advisory Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which organisations she consulted on the proposal of having job coaches visit mental health patients in hospital.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
21 Oct 2024
Target answer date
23 Oct 2024
Answer
28 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which organisations she consulted on the proposal of having job coaches visit mental health patients in hospital.

  2. 23 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    The Secretary of State has made no announcement regarding having job coaches visit mental health patients in hospital and therefore did not consult any organisations. She was referring to her experience visiting a severe mental illness Individual Placemen...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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