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07/10/2005
Incapacity benefit ‘hot spots’ to receive support
Work and Pensions Secretary David Blunkett has announced funding to help some of the areas worst affected by dependence on incapacity benefits.
Communities in Glasgow, Cumbria, West Lancashire and the Tees Valley will benefit from rehabilitation and jobs support under the government’s Pathways to Work scheme.
Mr Blunkett said that over 160,000 would be helped by the new scheme. He said: “Nearly all people coming onto incapacity benefits want and expect to get back to work. Our job is to help them surmount the barriers they face. This is not just good for the individual, but for the local community and economy too, so that skills and potential do not go to waste.
“Gone are the days when people were left to fend for themselves, without a programme of rehabilitation and medical help. Pathways to Work is part of reforming the welfare state to build a ladder out of poverty that empowers the individual.”
The scheme assigns claimants to a personal adviser with whom they attend monthly work-focused interviews. The support, which is also available for those already claiming benefits, also provides referral to NHS rehabilitation programmes and access to training courses.
The Pathways to Work scheme is due to be introduced to a further nine areas from next April and an additional three in October 2006.
(KMcA/GB)
Communities in Glasgow, Cumbria, West Lancashire and the Tees Valley will benefit from rehabilitation and jobs support under the government’s Pathways to Work scheme.
Mr Blunkett said that over 160,000 would be helped by the new scheme. He said: “Nearly all people coming onto incapacity benefits want and expect to get back to work. Our job is to help them surmount the barriers they face. This is not just good for the individual, but for the local community and economy too, so that skills and potential do not go to waste.
“Gone are the days when people were left to fend for themselves, without a programme of rehabilitation and medical help. Pathways to Work is part of reforming the welfare state to build a ladder out of poverty that empowers the individual.”
The scheme assigns claimants to a personal adviser with whom they attend monthly work-focused interviews. The support, which is also available for those already claiming benefits, also provides referral to NHS rehabilitation programmes and access to training courses.
The Pathways to Work scheme is due to be introduced to a further nine areas from next April and an additional three in October 2006.
(KMcA/GB)
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