Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Baroness Thomas of Winchester (Liberal Democrat). It was answered on Thursday, 20 October 2016.
Unemployment: Disabled People
- Question
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Up to 600 disabled people a week are losing their Motability cars because of the harsh PIP reassessment test. Does the Minister not agree that, as many of them are of working age, this will not contribute to halving the disability employment gap?
- Answer
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I want to make it absolutely clear: PIP is a better benefit than the DLA it replaces. More people are receiving the top rates of PIP than they are of DLA: 24% in PIP and 15% in DLA. We have other ways of supporting people who are in work who have some element of disability but are not eligible for PIP, and we are looking very hard at building up the Access to Work system, and to increasing the numbers who can take advantage of it.
Secondary information
- Type
- Oral question
- Reference
- 774 c2438
- Session
- 2016-17
- Oral question type
- Supplementary
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Lords chamber
- Subjects
- Disability Unemployment
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