Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 97237
Employment Schemes: Disability
Tabled: 4 December 2025
Answered: 17 December 2025
Question
Matt Vickers
Conservative — Stockton West
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the availability of specialist disability employment advisers within Jobcentres.
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonEvery Jobcentre has access to a Disability Employment Adviser (DEA). We have over 700 FTE DEAs across our Jobcentre network. We regularly monitor the number of staff allocated to this role. DEAs are trained as Work Coaches, followed by additional role spe...
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