Holly Lynch – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Holly Lynch on 2016-02-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with mental health charities on the effect of the Work Programme on its participants.

Priti Patel

Officials met with the Disability Charities Consortium on 15 January to discuss input into the new Work and Health Programme, which included discussion of the lessons learned from the Work Programme. Officials will also be attending a round table on future employment support, hosted by Mind, on 24 March.