Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department has issued to Fit for Work case managers on the content of Return to Work plans drafted for patients referred to the service.

The contract for Fit for Work is published on the Contracts Finder website and can be accessed at https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/1516765/

Guidance to the provider addresses the negative impact of sickness absence on individuals, employers and the State with the aim to reduce the length of sickness absence and the chances of falling out of work and on to benefits.

It specifies that the Return to Work Plan takes into account health related issues, workplace issues and non-health/non-work related issues that do, or could, prevent the employee from returning to work.