Access to Work, disability support, 30 hour rule
Employers give evidence to Committee on Access to Work
9 October 2014
The Work and Pensions Select Committee holds the third of four oral evidence sessions for its inquiry into Employment support for disabled people: Access to Work.
- Parliament TV: watch the session
- Transcript: read the session
- Inquiry: Access to Work
- Work and Pensions Committee
Witnesses
At 9.30am on Wednesday 15 October, in the Grimond Room, Portcullis House
- Dr Jules Dickinson, Member of Access to Work working group, Association of Sign Language Interpreters
- Susan Scott-Parker, Chief Executive Officer, Business Disability Forum
- Julie Fernandez (freelance actor/broadcaster and small business owner)
- Gareth Parry, Disability Capability Director, Remploy
- Lee Reed, Equality and Diversity Officer, TLT Solicitors
Purpose of the session
The session will consider:
- DWP’s administration of AtW from the perspectives of employers
- The arrangements for AtW cost-sharing with employers
- AtW support for people with mental health conditions
- AtW guidance in relation to self-employed people, particularly owners of nascent small businesses, and the rules around profitability and earnings
- The "30 hour rule" for support workers, particularly as it affects sign language interpreters
- The potential for substantially increased funding for AtW
The terms of reference for the inquiry have also been issued in EasyRead format and British Sign Language.