Question follow-through · 13272
Employment: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to improve employment support for disabled Universal Credit claimants.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 8 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 12 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 15 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
8 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to improve employment support for disabled Universal Credit claimants.
12 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Nov 2024
Answer published
As part of the get Britain working plan, more disabled people and those with health conditions will be supported to enter and stay in work, by devolving more power to local areas so they can shape a joined-up work, health, and skills offer that suits the ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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