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Vocational Guidance: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Get Britain Working White Paper, what steps she plans to take to ensure that (a) work coaches and (b) disability employment advisors understand the barriers to employment faced by

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
14 Jan 2025
Target answer date
16 Jan 2025
Answer
22 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 14 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Get Britain Working White Paper, what steps she plans to take to ensure that (a) work coaches and (b) disability employment advisors understand the barriers to employment faced by

  2. 16 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 22 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    This Government is committed to championing the rights of disabled people and to working with disabled people to design our reforms. The Get Britain Working White Paper announced that DWP will establish a panel to consult disabled people as part of our wi...

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