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Select committee: Economic Affairs Committee

Letter from the Rt Hon Mel Stride MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to the Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee (26 May 2023)

Published 15 June 2023

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At a glance

The government's response

This document responds to 2nd Report - Where have all the workers gone? (20 December 2022).

This is the government's response, published 15 June 2023.

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

The Secretary of State says the government is "wholly committed to driving down economic inactivity" and that a package of cross-government measures announced at Budget "represents the conclusion of my review".

  • The letter says the Secretary of State was tasked at the Autumn Statement with leading work across government on workforce participation.
  • The package is described as designed to help people to enter work, increase their working hours and extend their working lives, focusing on disabled people and those with health conditions, the over-50s and parents.
  • The letter states that the government "is continuing to consider how we can increase workforce participation", while now focused on delivering the package alongside existing support.

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