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Report on incapacity benefits and pathways to work: reply by the government to the third report of the Work and Pensions Select Committee, session 2005-06 (HC 616)
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 27p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Committee's report examines the Government's proposals for welfare reform set out in its Green Paper 'A new deal for welfare: empowering people to work' The proposed reforms are designed to help more ill or disabled people move into employment, thereby reducing the number of people claiming incapacity benefits by one million within a decade. Issues discussed include: the future rollout of the 'Pathways to Work' scheme; the introduction of a new benefit called Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) to replace incapacity benefit from 2008; support for ill or disabled people to move back into work; employer attitudes; the involvement of healthcare professionals; the role of the private and voluntary sectors; the costs and resources for the reform programme.
Delivering equality for disabled people: a consultation on the extension of the Disability Discrimination Act to functions of public authorities, and the introduction of a duty to promote equality for disabled people
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 66p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Disability Discrimination Bill will complete the Government's reforms of civil rights legislation to deliver effective rights for disabled people. Two key measures in the Bill will extend the Disability Discrimination Act (the DDA) to cover the functions of public authorities, and to impose a positive duty on public bodies to eliminate discrimination and harassment, and promote equality of opportunity for disabled people. This consultation sets out and seeks views on the Government's plans in respect of the principal regulation-making powers affecting the public sector, and will allow the Government to explain the proposed content of Regulations, to inform Parliament during its consideration of the Bill.