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Third Special Report - DWP’s preparations for changes in the world of work: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report of Session 2021–22

Published 12 November 2021

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The government's response

This document responds to First Report - DWP’s preparations for changes in the world of work.

This is the government's response, published 12 November 2021.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The government responds mainly by describing existing cross-departmental work, with BEIS, DfE and the ONS cited for several areas, and says it has no plans for Universal Credit claimant markers.

  • On the recommended labour market strategy, DWP says it is "working with other departments, particularly DfE and BEIS", and that BEIS "is the department with responsibility for employment rights".
  • On the Skills and Employment Survey, it says it is "solely a decision for the academics and ESRC" whether the survey runs again, rather than committing DWP funding.
  • On assistive technology, the Disability Unit "will invest up to £1m in 2021 to 2022" in a new Centre for Assistive and Accessible Technology, with findings to the Unit "by March 2022" and progress reported by summer 2022.
  • On paternity leave reform, it says BEIS is analysing survey data and 2019 consultation responses, and that this "will inform government policy on parental leave and pay going forward".

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