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Second Report - Disability employment gap

Work and Pensions Committee HC 189 Published 30 July 2021

Report Status

Government responded

Conclusions & Recommendations

38 items (33 recs)

Source

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Government Response

AI assessment · 38 of 38 classified

Accepted 4

Accepted in Part 1

Acknowledged 5

Deferred 4

Not Addressed 24

Government response

Disability employment gap: Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report of Session 2021– 22 · published 22 Nov 2021

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Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item

33 Recommendation Accepted in Part

Para 154

DWP must ensure that the Kickstart and Restart schemes are accessible to disabled people.

Recommendation

DWP must ensure that the Kickstart and Restart schemes are accessible to disabled people. Before September 2017, the Work Programme reported quarterly on job outcomes for disabled people: the Department should be able to do as good a job with … Read more

Government Response Summary

The government states that the Kickstart and Restart schemes are accessible to disabled people, with support from Work Coaches and Disability Employment Advisers, and that Restart providers must be Disability Confident Leaders. It commits to monitoring the characteristics of participants in employment programmes.

Department for Work and Pensions

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