Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 63711

Work and Health Programme

Tabled: 30 June 2025
Answered: 3 July 2025
Named Day

Question

Steve Darling

Liberal DemocratTorbay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of replacing the Work and Health programme that last took applicants in September 2024.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The decision to end the Work and Health Programme was made by the previous Administration. The Government is committed to reducing the disability employment gap. We have a clear ambition to raise the overall employment rate to 80%. We are delivering the b...

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