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Welfare Reform Green Paper

The Secretary of State said earlier that he acknowledges that the longer people are on incapacity benefit, the more support, help and training they often need to get off that benefit and into work. Has he been able to discuss with representatives of the various training bodies—they are often voluntary groups—the contractual arrangements entered into by his Department, which were described to the Work and Pensions Committee last week as nothing less than a shambles?