Question follow-through · 96663

Employment Schemes: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support young disabled people who cannot work.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
3 Dec 2025
Target answer date
8 Dec 2025
Answer
16 Dec 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support young disabled people who cannot work.

  2. 8 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    For a small minority of young people, work is not a realistic goal. However, for most disabled young people and young people with a health condition, given the right support, working at some point in the near future is a credible ambition. We know amongst...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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