Question follow-through · 27655

Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to (a) support disabled people seeking to enter or return to work and (b) ensure those unable to work continue to receive financial support.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
30 Jan 2025
Target answer date
5 Feb 2025
Answer
5 Feb 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to (a) support disabled people seeking to enter or return to work and (b) ensure those unable to work continue to receive financial support.

  2. 5 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    Appropriate work is generally good for health and wellbeing, so we want everyone to get work and get on in work, whoever they are and wherever they live. Disabled people and people with health conditions, are a diverse group so access to the right work an...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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