Vulnerable People Work Support 2025-02-03
2025-02-03
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Questions & Answers
Q1
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Context
A constituent faces significant health-related care costs and fears potential changes to his status would impact his ability to continue working.
One of my constituents is a highly educated, high-earning civil servant who has serious care needs as a result of a bad accident 30 years ago. His needs are currently assessed as health-related by the NHS, covering £81,000 in annual costs. If reassessed as social care needs, he would be required to exhaust his savings. Each year during his disability assessment, there is unfair suspicion regarding his ability to work despite already being employed. Do Ministers understand these concerns?
Yes, I definitely do understand his concerns. Our view is that disabled people should have the same chance to work—the same opportunities—that everyone else takes for granted, and we want to work with disabled people to reform the system to ensure that that is what they get. In the spring, we will publish a Green Paper on reforms to the health conditions and disability benefits system.
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Assessment & feedback
The specific concern about disincentives impacting current employment was not directly addressed with concrete actions or timelines.
Response accuracy
Q2
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High levels of economic vulnerability in the constituency, with 4.4% NEET rate and an additional 10% unaccounted for.
My constituency faces high levels of economic vulnerability: 4.4% of my constituents are not in education, employment or training, and one in ten are either NEET or unaccounted for. What action is the Minister taking to ensure that they are helped into both employment and skills development?
I think my hon. Friend will greatly welcome the youth guarantee announced in the “Get Britain Working” White Paper. We want to ensure that every single young person gets the same chance. We have seen a dreadful increase in the number of NEET young people over the past few years, and we are getting to grips with that and tackling it.
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Assessment & feedback
The specific needs for skills development were not directly addressed with concrete actions or timelines.
Response accuracy