Question follow-through · 101731
Employment: Mental Illness
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure adequate support for people with mental health problems when they return to the workforce.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 2 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 6 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 12 Jan 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure adequate support for people with mental health problems when they return to the workforce.
6 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Jan 2026
Answer published
My department has a range of initiatives to ensure adequate support for individuals with mental health conditions when they return to work, including Access to Work. The Access to Work grant provides personalised support and workplace assessments, travel ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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