A scheme is supposed to fund workplace adaptations, specialist equipment, support workers, travel assistance or other reasonable accommodations a disabled person needs
Disabled people are losing jobs and 'falling out of work' due to failures at the Department of Work and Pensions , it is claimed. More than half of disabled people are in work, but there are barriers that can make it difficult to get and maintain a job.
Disabled workers face delays of more than six months before their applications are even assessed, meaning they lose work, have job offers rescinded and lose confidence. Just a few weeks ago, Labour’s Alison McGovern admitted that 55,500 applications are currently outstanding. Sight-loss charity RNIB has been campaigning to improve Access to Work provision for years.
The problems have been highlighted at a time that the government has made attempts to get the sick and disabled into work – as a way of cutting the benefits bill – a top priority for the DWP. The Work & Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall recent talked about “spiralling inactivity”. She said this was “driven by the fact we are an older, sicker nation” and added the government’s goal is to get two million more people into work.
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