Work and Pensions - Third Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 26 April 2006.
CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
REPORT
1 INTRODUCTION
2 BACKGROUND
The introduction and design of the incapacity
benefits system
The incapacity benefits caseload
In-flow and off-flow rates
Government action to reduce the incapacity
benefits caseload
Support for disabled people to enter
employment
Pathways to Work
Disability rights
The Welfare Reform Green Paper
Incapacity benefit reforms
3 A
REFORMED 'GATEWAY' ONTO INCAPACITY BENEFITS
The role of GPs and other health professionals
Reform of Statutory Sick Pay
Transferring from Jobseeker's Allowance
The current Personal Capability Assessment
Reforms to the Personal Capability Assessment
Reactions to the proposed reforms
Content of the new Personal Capability
Assessment
The mental health component of the PCA
Delivery of the PCA
Existing claimants
Fluctuating conditions
Appeals against a PCA decision
Working to reform the PCA
4 THE
EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE
Reactions to the proposed new benefit
Work-related activity
Views on compulsory work-related activity
Moving between the two components
Existing claimants
Benefit simplification?
5 THE
PERFORMANCE OF PATHWAYS TO WORK
Increasing the off-flow of claimants
Incapacity Benefit Personal Advisers
Compulsory work-focused interviews
Applying benefit sanctions
The Condition Management Programme
Disability specific services
Return to Work Credit
Existing claimants
Are the Pathways pilots cost-effective?
6 NATIONAL
ROLL-OUT OF PATHWAYS TO WORK
The roll-out of Pathways and existing claimants
The role of private and voluntary sector
providers
Providing a flexible service
Effectively engaging clients
Delivery of work-focused activities and interviews
Outcome-based funding
7 MOVING
INTO SUSTAINABLE EMPLOYMENT
Are there sufficient jobs in the right
areas?
Type of jobs
Job retention
The provision of in-work support
Employers
Cross-government action on workplace health
The Strategy Unit report and the Office
for Disability Issues
Employer attitudes to disabled people and
how to change them
The Disability Discrimination Act
8 COSTS
OF PATHWAYS TO WORK AND RESOURCES FOR THE REFORM PROGRAMME
Is £360 million adequate for national
rollout of Pathways?
The costs of the current Pathways pilots
Sufficient resources for existing claimants
IT requirements
Potential impact of the efficiencies agenda
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
FORMAL MINUTES
WITNESSES
LIST OF WRITTEN EVIDENCE PUBLISHED IN
VOL II
LIST OF WRITTEN EVIDENCE PUBLISHED IN
VOL III
REPORTS FROM THE WORK AND PENSIONS COMMITTEE
2005-06
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 616-II)
WRITTEN EVIDENCE - VOLUME III (HC 616-III)
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