Source · Select Committees · Work and Pensions Committee
Recommendation 10
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DWP should reimagine fundamentally how it provides employment support to disabled people.
Recommendation
DWP should reimagine fundamentally how it provides employment support to disabled people. We recommend that DWP should carry out a significant expansion of the number of Devolved Deal Areas, granting more powers to local authorities to set up their own localised version of the Work and Health Programme. Any devolution should be underpinned by a clear framework including benchmarks and minimum requirements that local authorities must use when commissioning support.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government's response defers action by stating that the evaluation results of Health-Led Trials are due in 2022, which will provide an assessment of their impact. In the meantime, it is funding the continuation of IPS services in trial areas, rather than committing to expanding devolved deal areas for employment support as recommended.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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The Department is assessing the effectiveness of the Work and Health Programme, including the delivery of the Work and Health Programme by our Local Government Partners, London and Manchester combined authorities. This will help inform our future decisions on the design of future support and how it might best be delivered. In the National Disability Strategy, we committed to fund a Local Supported Employment (LSE) service, working with approximately 20 Local Authorities across GB, building on evidence from the Proof of Concept.
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