Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 10294

Employment: Mental Illness

Tabled: 21 October 2024
Answered: 24 October 2024
Named Day

Question

Tom Hayes

LabourBournemouth East

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to help people with mental health conditions to (a) enter employment and (b) increase their hours.

Answer

Alison McGovern
Appropriate work is generally good for health and wellbeing, so we want everyone to get work and get on in work, whoever they are and wherever they live. We want people to avoid poverty, and for this to happen we must ensure that disabled people and peopl...

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