Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the policy paper entitled Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper published on 15 March 2023, what support for disabled customers and those with health conditions is currently being tested through the 11 Health Model Offices.

Our 11 Health Model Offices (HMO) in England, Wales, and Scotland, test and trial different ways of improving our support for disabled customers and customers with health conditions.

HMOs are currently testing how customers with Autism can best be matched to vacancies with Disability Confident employers, trialling Work Coaches working with GP surgeries to provide employment support to customers with Health conditions, and testing signposting advice to customers who express an interest in stopping smoking.

This is in addition to trialling how best to contact and engage customers who are eligible for additional Work Coach support, and the Employment & Health Discussion to offer help and advice from a health and employment specialist, as outlined in Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper.