AQW 19239/22-27

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 03/12/2024
Answered On Date: 07/01/2025
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any actions he is taking within his Department to deliver effective partnership working, as set down in the Concordat agreement, with community and voluntary sector providers for access to employment support and jobs for people with disabilities.

Answer:

The Department values partnership working with a wide range of stakeholders, including the community and voluntary sector, to provide access to employment support and jobs for people with disabilities.

This partnership working extends across co-production of a new Disability and Work Strategy; membership, commissioning and delivery across Labour Market Partnership structures; and delivery of programmes such as Workable (NI) and Access to Work (NI). There is also regular engagement across the sector on priority areas of concern or opportunity.