People with Disabilities Employment Support 2020-03-09
2020-03-09
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Discusses the need to support former military personnel who may suffer from physical or mental disabilities in finding work.
I thank the Minister for his response. What is being done to support ex-forces personnel, who may have physical or mental disabilities, into employment, perhaps even through the auspices of bringing the armed forces covenant into statute?
I thank my hon. Friend for that important question. The Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, my hon. Friend the Member for Colchester (Will Quince), who is the Minister for Welfare Delivery, has been doing a huge amount of work in leading on that issue. We are making sure that we offer resettlement support; support from our armed forces champions, for which posts there is a £6 million package of support; and early access to the Work and Health programme. The Office for Veterans' Affairs is committed to putting the armed forces covenant on a statutory footing and it will have our full support.
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