Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 48008

Social Security Benefits: Reform

Tabled: 24 April 2025
Answered: 1 May 2025

Question

David Smith

LabourNorth Northumberland

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the merits of involving the (a) voluntary and (b) charitable sector to support people in need of employment support as part of her Department's proposed welfare reforms.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
We announced in the Pathways to Work Green Paper that we would establish a new guarantee of support for all disabled people and people with health conditions claiming out of work benefits who want help to get into or return to work, backed up by £1 billio...

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