Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Government Response to the Work Capability Assessment: Activities and Descriptors Consultation, published on 22 November 2023, what steps his Department plans to take to help increase the availability of home working jobs for people with health conditions affecting their mobility.
There has been a significant increase in the availability of hybrid and home working opportunities, and there is better employer understanding of the needs of disabled people and people with health conditions, since the WCA criteria were last updated in 2011.
Our Jobcentre staff will continue to work with all employers to help ensure they are making all opportunities accessible to realise the talents and potential of people with health conditions and disabilities.
Our expanded employment and health offer will provide integrated and tailored support to disabled people to help them to move claimants closer to work and help them to access these opportunities within the labour market.