Statement of ServiceMore support to help people into work - Purnell announces rates for new Employment and Support Allowance
The poorest, most disabled people in society will be given more financial support from the Government, while other disabled and long-term ill people who could work will get greater help to find employment, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions James Purnell said today.
The announcement was made as regulations finalising plans to replace Incapacity Benefits (IB) in Great Britain for all new and repeat claimants with the new work-focused Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) were laid in Parliament today.
The move marks the next major phase in implementing the Government's radical welfare reform programme and getting one million people off IB by 2015.
Mr Purnell also revealed for the first time how much money people on ESA will get. The new rates of payment will mean extra support to the poorest, most disabled members of society.
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March 27, 2008
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