House of Commons - Improving Access to Work for disabled people

Work and Pensions Committee - Second Report
Improving Access to Work for disabled people

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 10 December 2014.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

1 Introduction

The Access to Work programme

The Sayce Review

Our inquiry and the current DWP internal review

2 Marketing and funding

Caseload and expenditure

Awards by impairment type

The costs of different types of support

Establishing the level of unmet need

Budget

Release of resources from Remploy

Potential "AME/DEL switch"

Establishing the cost-effectiveness of Access to Work

Employers' contributions

Tension between marketing and available funding

3 The AtW Workplace Mental Health Support Service

Contractual arrangements and service design

Effectiveness and scope

Pre-employment eligibility letter

Reach

Self-referral process and the call centre

Integration with health services and the Fit for Work service

4 Guidance on "Support Workers" and the impacts on BSL interpretation

The 30 hour "rule"

Impact on sign language interpretation

Suspension of the 30 hour guidance for new applicants

Controlling the costs of BSL interpretation

5 Clarity and transparency of decision-making

Eligibility criteria

Clarity and transparency of AtW staff guidance

Flexibility versus consistency of decision-making

The self-employed and entrepreneurs

Decision reviews and complaints

6 Administrative issues

Central call centre system

Paper-based processes

Disability awareness and accessibility of information

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

Published written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament