Adjournment debate on the Workstep scheme in Blackpool

Adjournment debate on the Workstep scheme in Blackpool

I am delighted to welcome my hon. Friend the Member for Chatham and Aylesford (Jonathan Shaw) to his new position of Minister with responsibility for disabled people and to wish him well in that post. Supporting people with disabilities to obtain useful and satisfying employment and to remain and, hopefully,...

I am delighted to welcome my hon. Friend the Member for Chatham and Aylesford (Jonathan Shaw) to his new position of Minister with responsibility for disabled people and to wish him well in that post. Supporting people with disabilities to obtain useful and satisfying employment and to remain and, hopefully,...

I agree absolutely with my hon. Friend on those points. Sadly, I am afraid that the way in which Mr. Pullan and Councillor Henderson have proceeded has caused these sorts of problems. The Government have made their commitment to the principles of Workstep and any continuing successor programmes beyond 2009...

I agree absolutely with my hon. Friend on those points. Sadly, I am afraid that the way in which Mr. Pullan and Councillor Henderson have proceeded has caused these sorts of problems. The Government have made their commitment to the principles of Workstep and any continuing successor programmes beyond 2009...

Is my hon. Friend aware that the recent consultation document on the Government's their welfare to work strategy talks clearly about empowering people with disability, listening to people with disability and supporting people with disability in getting into work and while they are in work? Does he agree that in...

Is my hon. Friend aware that the recent consultation document on the Government's their welfare to work strategy talks clearly about empowering people with disability, listening to people with disability and supporting people with disability in getting into work and while they are in work? Does he agree that in...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Blackpool, South (Mr. Marsden), who was ably supported by my hon. Friend the Member for Blackpool, North and Fleetwood (Mrs. Humble). She echoed some of the concerns that he set out this evening on behalf of his constituents. I am grateful for...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Blackpool, South (Mr. Marsden), who was ably supported by my hon. Friend the Member for Blackpool, North and Fleetwood (Mrs. Humble). She echoed some of the concerns that he set out this evening on behalf of his constituents. I am grateful for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have found sustained employment through Workstep; and what his Department's annual expenditure on Workstep has been in each year since the scheme was introduced.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have found sustained employment through Workstep; and what his Department's annual expenditure on Workstep has been in each year since the scheme was introduced.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what definition he uses for sustained progression payment in relation to Workstep contractors.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what definition he uses for sustained progression payment in relation to Workstep contractors.