Scope comment on government incapacity benefit figures

28 April 2011

The Government has released new figures on the number of incapacity benefits claimants found fit to work.

Commenting on the figures, Dr Marc Bush, Head of Research and Public Policy for disability charity Scope, said:

“The crucial test for ministers is how many of the people found fit to work have succeeded in getting a job. Disabled people face multiple, complex barriers to finding jobs. Until the Government builds a more accurate test that gives people access to the right kind of support, their admirable aim of getting disabled people into work is destined to fail.”

Related link- Scope's Employment Services http://www.scope.org.uk/services/employment-service

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