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Drug and alcohol addiction, and obesity: effects on employment outcomes (independent review)

A call for evidence to inform an independent review into the effects on employment outcomes of drug or alcohol addiction and obesity.

Last fetched 03 May 2026 · gov.uk

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The government has asked Professor Dame Carol Black to undertake an independent review into how best to support benefit claimants with potentially treatable conditions, such as obesity or addictions to drugs and alcohol, back into work.

The review will consider the evidence and provide the government with a thorough analysis of the options available.

This call for evidence will be one of several methods used to gather information to inform the review.

Documents

An independent review into the impact on employment outcomes of drug or alcohol addiction, and obesity: call for evidenceapplication/pdf Welsh: Adolygiad annibynnol i effaith ar ganlyniadau cyflogaeth o fod yn gaeth i gyffuriau neu alcohol, a gordewdra: galwad am dystiolaethapplication/pdf