Oral QuestionDepartment for Work and Pensions

What steps his Department is taking to help support people with a history of alcohol problems into employment.

Tabled: 17 January 2023Answered: 23 January 2023

Asked by

Christian Wakeford

LabourBury South

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Employment (Alison McGovern)

I meet regularly with Business and Trade Ministers. We are committed to working with businesses to ensure that policy is pro-employer and pro-worker. Boosting wages will increase workforce participation, helping employers fill vacancies and supporting us to reach our ambition of 80% employment.