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Sickness Benefits: Staffordshire

Asked by Adam JogeeLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 20 January 2026UIN 106393

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to increase skills and employment support for people in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire in receipt of sickness benefits.

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson

I refer the Hon. member to the answer I gave on 2 December to PQ 93871.

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