The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed new plans to help people with fluctuating or invisible health conditions find and stay in work as part of the ‘Get Britain Working White Paper’, which was published in November.
Minister for Employment Alison McGovern, said new measures to help more people will include support from Work Coaches and Disability Employment Advisers in Jobcentres along with Access to Work grants.
The DWP Minister explained how the £240 million investment plan will help the Labour Government “drive forward approaches to tackling economic inactivity and work toward the long-term ambition of an 80 per cent employment rate”.
The written response came after Labour MP Mark Sewards asked what steps are being taken to ensure “people with fibromyalgia, ADHD and other invisible disabilities are supported back into work”.