Claire Young
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Claire Young (Thornbury and Yate) (LD)
In her statement, the Secretary of State recognised that existing claimants
“rely on the income from PIP for so many different aspects of their lives.”
One aspect, for many, is work. Why does she think that new claimants will not have the same need and what “aspects of their lives” does she think they should curtail?
Liz Kendall
The hon. Lady raises a really important point. Access to work is there precisely to support people who have needs over and above the legal requirement on employers to make reasonable adjustments. We need to fix that system because the backlogs are too long and not enough people are getting that support. That is precisely why we are consulting on the future of access to work. We will make the changes that people need, so that they can get the help they need to get good meaningful work and to stay in work, and we will deliver that as soon as possible.