Question follow-through · 15288
Employment: Down's Syndrome
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to improve employment rates for adults with Down’s syndrome.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 20 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 25 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 25 Nov 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to improve employment rates for adults with Down’s syndrome.
25 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Nov 2024
Answer published
The Government is committed to supporting disabled people and people with health conditions, including Down’s syndrome, with their employment journey. The Government has ambitious plans around employment, including disability employment, set out in the Ge...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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