House of Lords written question – answered at on 25 February 2003.
Lord Ashley of Stoke
Labour
asked Her Majesty's Government:
What are their estimates of the percentages of (a) large employers; (b) small employers; and (c) all employers who are aware of the Access to Work programme.
What plans they have to promote awareness of the Access to Work programme.
Whether they have set any awareness targets for employers in relation to the Access to Work programme.
Baroness Hollis of Heigham
Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
We do not have a target for increasing employers' awareness of the Access to Work programme. However, a recent government study on barriers to employment for disabled people showed that 26 per cent of all employers were aware of the programme, including 32 per cent of large employers and 18 per cent of small employers.
Information on all disability services is available from jobcentres and on the Jobcentre Plus web site. Jobcentre Plus invests around £300,000 per year marketing and publicising its specialised services and programmes for disabled people, including Access to Work, with promotional material available in a range of media such as leaflets, audiotapes and videos.
Yes2 people think so
No1 person thinks not
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