The Department has established a Commission to review the evidence base around in-work progression and make recommendations to better support people in low-pay employment to progress.57 This consultation ended in December 2020, and its results were published on 1 July 2021. In the foreword to the publication, the Department committed 49 Q 15, 45 50 Qq 37, 45 51 Q 38; C&AG’s Report, pg 19 52 C&AG’s Report, Supporting disabled people to work, Session 2017–19, HC 1991, 28 March 2019, Para 1.17 53 Q 37 54 Department for Work and Pensions and Department for Health and Social Care consultation, Health is everyone’s business, available at: Health is everyone’s business: proposals to reduce ill health-related job loss – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) 55 Work and Pensions Select Committee session on 19 May 2021, HC 189, Qq 260, 265 56 Q 40–42: Department for Work and Pensions, Shaping Future Support- The Health and Disability Green Paper, 20 July 2021, available at Shaping Future Support- The Health and Disability Green Paper (publishing.service.gov. uk) 57 C&AG’s Report, pg 19 16 DWP Employment support to carefully considering the findings of the Commission.58 The Department told us that Universal Credit, and the relationship that claimants have with work coaches even after somebody goes into employment, gives the Department an opportunity to provide better support for people in work than it had previously, and that the increase in the Universal Credit caseload during the pandemic meant that it was an important time to be considering this. The Department told us that this work will become a priority going forward, and that once unemployment is reduced, it would work on getting people into better paid jobs.59 Making the most of local knowledge