Welfare Reform Bill

I very much take that point. The Access to Work scheme is not always well known to employers. Nor are they always aware that there is back-up support, which could obviously colour the way in which they view a potential employee. We are running two pilots in Hammersmith and Islington in conjunction with MIND to determine how we can extend the Access to Work scheme to make it more sensitive to the needs of people with fluctuating conditions, and to ascertain when people need practical support such as an extra support person or other material support. MIND is working with the Government on that. We are not by any means saying that the scheme is a panacea. However, we are saying that it needs to be promoted more widely and that employers need to know more about it. It has been described as the Government’s best kept secret. That is no good. Its funding has been doubled so it needs to be out there, working for people. A number of questions—