Written question asked by Vicky Foxcroft (Labour) on Tuesday, 18 January 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 January 2022. It was answered by Chloe Smith (Conservative) on Monday, 31 January 2022 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.
Employment: Disability
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy published 28 July 2021, what recent progress her Department has made towards the introduction of a new approach to conditionality for disabled people and people with health conditions, which aims to enable an honest and open conversation between a person and their work coach about what they can do.
- Answer
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A staged roll out of a new approach to conditionality for disabled claimants and claimants with health conditions went live in January 2021 and was completed in December 2021. It began with claimants who made a claim to Universal Credit (UC) and/or New Style Employment Support Allowance (NS ESA) between March to July 2020. Thereafter, rolling out to all claimants on the UC health journey, and/or NS ESA.
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- 106804
- Session
- 2021-22
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- Subjects
- Disability Employment
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