Source · Select Committees · Work and Pensions Committee
Recommendation 23
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The Minister said that the Department intends to pilot “passports” for jobseekers from particular groups,...
Recommendation
The Minister said that the Department intends to pilot “passports” for jobseekers from particular groups, including students and veterans, which we welcome. These passports are intended to give job applicants certainty about what support they can receive through Access to Work before they have been offered a job. We recommend that, should the pilot be successful, DWP should extend eligibility for these passports to other groups of people. It should also introduce a passport for disabled employees who are currently receiving support under Access to Work so that, if they apply for a job with another employer, their prospective new employer has certainty about what support they are entitled to and they do not need to go through the application process again. This would help to reduce the unnecessary bureaucracy applicants face.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government response outlines work following the "Health is Everyone's Business" consultation, focusing on improving access to Occupational Health for SMEs and the self-employed, including plans for user research on financial incentives. It does not address the committee's recommendation to extend eligibility for Access to Work passports or introduce a passport for disabled employees moving jobs.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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We will be piloting a personalised Adjustment Passport to support: • young disabled people with the transition from education, and • service leavers who are leaving the armed forces and moving into civilian employment, and • contractors and freelancers who move between periods of employment. For those already in employment or starting a new job the passport will provide a living document of workplace adjustments and empower the holder to have the confidence to discuss their, in-work support needs with employers. The passport will enable disabled people to have a personal record of their workplace adjustments and remove the need for unnecessary assessments if customers are moving to a similar working environment. The Adjustment Passport will be piloted with disabled people from November 2021 to gain an understanding of how effectively it supports a more coherent journey of adjustment support for students and service leavers. If successful, the passport will be expanded to support all Access to Work customers by providing a transferable record of adjustments and support, reducing the admin burden and the need for unnecessary assessments.
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