Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what additional support the Government will provide to disabled people to support them to recover from the covid-19 outbreak.

The Government is committed to supporting disabled people affected by the COVID-19 outbreak.We are ensuring that disabled people continue to have access to employment support, disability benefits, financial support, as well as accessible communications and updated guidance.

We are actively working on policies to prevent health related job losses, and provide specific employment support for disabled people out of work. We are helping disabled people stay in work and enter work through initiatives like Access to Work and Disability Confident and employment programmes like the Work and Health Programme, and Intensive Personalised Employment Support.