Specialist disability employment booklet

Consultation on the recommendations in Liz Sayce’s independent review Getting in, staying in and getting on

is this a booklet that applies england wales etc as often wales seem to follow other ideas? Is this a booklet that is finished or you want comments on?

thanks crisps

crisps wrote: is this a booklet that applies england wales etc as often wales seem to follow other ideas? Is this a booklet that is finished or you want comments on?

thanks crisps

Who should respond to this consultation?

This public consultation applies to England, Wales, and Scotland.
We welcome responses from anyone with personal experience of, or an interest in, the Department’s employment services for disabled people and people with health conditions, particularly:

• disabled people, their colleagues, friends, families, and carers;

• young disabled people seeking to make their transition from education to employment;

• disabled employees who have received or are receiving employment support, or who may need employment support in the future;

• older workers and people seeking to work beyond pension age;

• employers and their representative organisations;

• trades unions;

• organisations delivering employment services and those who may be interested in providing such services in the future;

• organisations run by or for disabled people; and,

• any other people or organisations with an interest in our employment services for disabled people.

Northern Ireland

Social Security is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland. The Government will continue to work closely with the devolved administration in Northern Ireland to seek to maintain a single system across the United Kingdom.

What questions should you answer?

You can respond to some or all of the questions. There is a final question that allows you to add anything else that is relevant that you would like us to consider.

What will happen to the replies we receive?

All responses will be fully considered, but we are unable to provide a personal reply to specific questions or issues raised by individual respondents. When the consultation is complete and the findings have been analysed, we will publish a summary of the responses, and information on what happens next.
The summary will be available through the Department’s website:

www.dwp.gov.uk/resourcecentre/des-consultation.asp

This is quite a landmark report with some serious implications (particularly for Remploy's business model).

I welcome the suggestions for an extended version of Access to Work, and also for the payments to follow the person rather than the business.

What do others think?