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, when his Department plans to appoint the network of progression champions for the in-work progression offer; and how those people will be selected.

The White Paper referred to a network of staff who are now known as District Progression Leads. All 37 District Progression Leads have been appointed and are already working with partners to identify opportunities and overcome barriers to in work progression.