Question follow-through · 18428
Employment: Learning Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to encourage employers to offer paid work trials as an alternative to formal interviews for jobseekers with learning disabilities.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 13 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 21 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to encourage employers to offer paid work trials as an alternative to formal interviews for jobseekers with learning disabilities.
15 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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21 Jul 2026
Answer published
Education and skills are devolved matters, the response outlines the information for England only. We are transforming the Apprenticeships Levy into a new Growth and Skills Levy in England, giving employers greater flexibility, creating more opportunities...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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