Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the end of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme on the disability employment gap in Newport West constituency.

Reliable data on the disability employment gap at constituency level is only available using annual estimates due to sample sizes. An initial assessment of disability employment following the closure of the furlough scheme in September 2021 will not be available until Spring 2022. This is when Annual Population Survey data, including the period October to December 2021, will be released. However, it will be some time before a full assessment can be made.