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Employment: Lone Parents

Asked by Ian SollomLiberal DemocratDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 5 December 2025UIN 95156

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 15 October 2025 to Question 77776, whether his Department monitors the number of instances where work coaches (a) tailor (1) work and (2) work search requirements and (b) tempo

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson

Work coach guidance supports work coaches to ensure that requirements are tailored to the circumstances of individuals. This is not monitored centrally and so to provide the information requested would incur disproportionate cost.

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