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Top Tips 2 for inclusive learning webinar
16 May 2017 | News
In this webinar, Dr Melanie Thorley, AccessAbility ... will talk about inclusive learning, reasonable adjustments and what support is available to students. View presentation ... offered an opportunity to increase awareness on disability issues, identify potential barriers learners can face and ...
Atos, Capita, and Maximus PIP and WCA assessment contracts increased by up to two years
12 July 2020 | News
The Minister for Disabled People Minister Justin Tomlinson has announced that the DWP’s current contracts for PIP and work capability assessments are to be extended for up to ... The healthcare providers for PIP assessments are Atos and Capita, with Centre for Health and Disability ...
DWP should recruit a large scale panel of disabled people with experience of social security which it can consult and draw from to work on detailed projects, says SSAC
19 January 2021 | News
... Advisory Committee (SSAC) has published a new wide-ranging and detailed report that focuses on how the DWP involves ... it says “have raised some of the most contentious issues”. In establishing how the DWP is viewed by others, ...
02 Strategic partner updates February 2015
24 February 2015 | News
Health and Social Care update from our work as Strategic Partner to ... for people with learning disabilities or mental health issues. For more information, go to: ... independent advocacy (unlike for people with mental health problems under the Mental Health Act), which hinder learning ...
DWP restarts recovery of benefit related overpayments and social fund loans
06 July 2020 | News
... it has restarted recovery of benefit related overpayments and social fund loans from 6 July. In April, in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the DWP ... three months . These included Housing Benefit overpayments and Social Fund Loans. The Department said that the change ...
Government indecision causes 85 percent drop in homes for older and disabled people
28 August 2017 | News
A survey of 69 housing associations, which together deliver a third of supported and sheltered homes in England, found plans to build new homes for older and disabled ...
Sanctions ineffective as a way of getting people into jobs or to work more hours, finds suppressed DWP report
12 April 2023 | News
In 2019, the DWP commissioned its own internal research on the effectiveness of benefit sanctions and promised to make the findings public. However, it subsequently buried the report and refused requests for it to be released, as the study was ...
Universal Credit £20 week increase must be extended to ESA, DBC tells Chancellor
02 June 2020 | News
Disabled people receiving ESA have been missing out on a emergency £20 week out ... emergency £20 was only ever intended for new claimants, and it was a “windfall gain” for existing ones. He added that they wanted to help “people affected by the pandemic”, but failed to acknowledge the impact the virus ...
Contracted out health and disability assessments inquiry
17 January 2016 | News
... Accounts Committee holds a session on contracted out health and disability assessments on Wednesday 3 February 2016 at 2.30pm. Watch Parliament TV: Contracted out health and disability assessments The Department for Work & ... health and disability assessments for a number of reasons, including to determine eligibility for both Employment and ...
Work and Pensions Committee benefit cap inquiry
22 February 2017 | News
The Work and Pensions Committee launched an inquiry into the benefit cap and how it affects British households. Find out more The ...