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Employment: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) part-time and (b) full-time employment opportunities that will be available by 2029-30 for those disabled people and people with health conditions as outl
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 31 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 7 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
31 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) part-time and (b) full-time employment opportunities that will be available by 2029-30 for those disabled people and people with health conditions as outl
2 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Apr 2025
Answer published
No such estimate has been made. However, we have evidence that delivering better and more tailored employment support can get more people off welfare, and into work - alongside a higher expectation to engage with that support. Therefore, we are investing ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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