AQW 3635/22-27

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 27/09/2022
Answered On Date: 06/10/2022
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities (i) how many people with disabilities and whose hours of work have dropped below 10 hours, have had to leave the Workable programme to date; and (ii) when this happens, what employment support programme is provided for people with disabilities working less than 10 hours.

Answer:

Since 2016 to date 18 people with disabilities whose hours of work have dropped below 10 hours per week, have had to leave the Workable programme.

The Condition Management Programme is available to people who are struggling to remain in work due to their health condition or disability. The Condition Management Programme is a work-focused rehabilitation programme delivered on behalf of my Department by five Health and Social Care Trusts.