Carers: Health and Disability White Paper

Part of Work and Pensions – in the House of Commons at on 24 April 2023.

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Photo of Tom Pursglove Tom Pursglove The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The insight and experience of carers and their feedback were invaluable through the Green Paper process in helping us to come up with our final White Paper proposals. As we move forward into the implementation stage, it is key that we continue to sustain that engagement and focus on meeting the aspirations of carers and the disabled people they care for. I also want to look at this issue from the other end of the telescope, in looking at what more we can do to support those with caring responsibilities to access employment if they want to do so, because from a health and wellbeing perspective, there is real value for them in that too.