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Baroness Sherlock (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 5 March 2026

Debate

Access to Work Fund

Contribution

I commend the noble Lord for raising these issues. I am really grateful to him for having been in touch with me, and I look forward to discussing this more with him directly. The Government are increasingly looking at how we can personalise our support. The disability employment advisers in our jobcentres are well trained to make sure they work with individuals, but the next stage goes back to employers. We can get individuals job-ready, but we have to make sure that places of employment are disabled person-ready as well, so we are trying to do both. In developing the future of Access to Work, we consulted generally and set up a collaboration committee, working closely with disabled people and people from representative organisations, as well as employers, to look at how we get the scheme right. Within that, we are trying to capture the full range of needs and make sure it carries on being personalised, but in a practical way.

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