AQW 21563/22-27

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 29/01/2025
Answered On Date: 24/02/2025
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on actions being taken to deliver a scheme to enable people with health conditions to try a job for thirty days without losing benefit entitlements.

Answer:

The Department for Communities continues to deliver the Work Experience Programme, which offers short work experience placements of two to eight weeks with local employers for people aged 16-65 years. Participation in the programme is voluntary, and participants will retain their benefit entitlements.