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Social Security Benefits: Employment

Asked by Sir Mel StrideConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 23 October 2024UIN 9701

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the press notice entitled New Chance to Work Guarantee will remove barriers to work for millions, published on 22 November 2023, what her Department's (a) planned timetable is bringing

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

We are committed to delivering on our manifesto pledge to give disabled people the confidence to start working without the fear of an immediate benefit reassessment if it does not work out. We will set out plans for this in due course.

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