Steven Paterson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steven Paterson on 2016-01-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to which countries of the UK his Department’s target to halve the disability employment gap during the current Parliament applies.

Justin Tomlinson

Employment is a reserved matter. Progress towards halving the disability employment gap is a key part of our aim to achieve full employment across the whole of the UK. This is consistent with the Government’s manifesto commitment which said ‘as part of our objective to achieve full employment, we will aim to halve the disability employment gap’.