Proceeding contribution from Howard Stoate (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 24 January 2006. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Welfare Reform Green Paper.

Welfare Reform Green Paper

May I tell my right hon. Friend as a GP that, by the time someone has been off work for six months, say, with a bad back, their chances of getting back to work are disappointingly low? Therefore, the real challenge is to prevent people needing incapacity benefit in the first place. I am particularly pleased by his statement that he wants to introduce employment advisers into primary care services, which is extremely welcome and overdue. Will he ensure that those advisers will be involved with the patient from the moment they are off sick, so that we can reduce the amount of time that they are off sick, and they go back to work before they get anywhere near incapacity benefit?

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 441 c1317
Session: 2005-06
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Disability Disability living allowance Benefits rules Housing benefit Employment Eligibility Health and safety Incapacity benefit Mental illness Pilot schemes Older workers Lone parents Social security benefits Visual impairment Working conditions Reform
Link: View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk

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