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Proceeding contribution from Baroness Thomas of Winchester (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 1 November 2011. It occurred during Committee proceeding and Debate on bill on Welfare Reform Bill.


Welfare Reform Bill

Is there a disability employment adviser in every Jobcentre Plus office? What training do disability employment advisers have? If the Minister does not know the answer now, which I am sure he does not—it is rather a detailed question—could he possibly write to me? A lot of us are concerned that disability employment advisers may not be quite as boned up as we think they should be on all sorts of conditions. I say that having been at a Jobcentre Plus office where I had to tell a disability employment adviser that the person in front of him had rheumatoid arthritis, when they were not an English speaker and they were describing their symptoms, and he had never heard of the condition. That rather shocked me, so I would be grateful for that information.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
731 c415GC 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Subjects
Education Disability Children Carers Council tax Employment Jobseeker's allowance Further education Exemptions Earnings rules Mental illness Pilot schemes Low incomes Lone parents Universal credit Social security benefits Welfare tax credits Training Self-employed Employment and support allowance
Legislation
Welfare Reform Bill 2010-12
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk