The Department’s focus on getting people into any form of employment risks neglecting its wider ambitions around supporting disabled people to work and supporting people on low pay to progress. The Department’s current focus is on minimising the impact of the downturn on unemployment, particularly on young people and the long-term unemployed, to reduce the ‘scarring’ effect of unemployment. Over the longer term, the Department has said it wants to address issues such as social and economic inequalities, health and disability issues, and in-work progression. The Department, along with the Department for Health and Social Care, ran a consultation from July to October 2019 seeking views on the different ways in which government and employers can reduce ill health-related job losses. The Department committed to producing a Green Paper on the topic and this, and the consultation response, were eventually published on 20 July 2021 after we had asked the Department about timings in our evidence session. The Green Paper notes that the long-awaited National Disability Strategy will be published shortly. The Department also established a Commission to review the evidence base and make recommendations around support for people in low-paid employment to progress. This consultation ended in December 2020 and published on 1 July 2021. Recommendation: The Department must now use the consultation and the Health and Disability Green Paper to clarify how it will support disabled people and people with health conditions, and publish the National Disability Strategy. The Department must also respond to the recommendations made by the in-work progression Commission to support people in low-pay employment to progress. In DWP Employment support 7 doing this, the Department needs to set out how it will tackle the long-term effects of the pandemic on the jobs market, disabled people, and in particular those who suffer from long Covid.