Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 15 October 2018.
Esther McVey
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
12:00,
15 October 2018
The hon. Gentleman is correct: there is a big disability gap in employment rates. That has come down, but we need it to come down even further. We have pledged to get 1 million more disabled people into work by 2027. Between 2013 and 2017, there were 600,000 more disabled people in work, but there is always more that we can do.