AQW 21563/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on actions being taken to deliver a scheme to enable people with health conditions to try a job for thirty days without losing benefit entitlements.
Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 29 January 2025
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 29 January 2025
- Answer due by
- 13 February 2025
- Answered
- 24 February 202526 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Department for Communities continues to deliver the Work Experience Programme, which offers short work experience placements of two to eight weeks with local employers for people aged 16-65 years. Participation in the programme is voluntary, and participants will retain their benefit entitlements.