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1345538

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2021
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to publish its National Strategy for Disabled People before the summer recess.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	30407
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2021 answer text <p>The National Disability Strategy will be published in the coming months. The strategy will take into account the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on disabled people and will focus on the issues that disabled people say affect them the most in all aspects of life, including employment, transport, housing and education.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/07/2021 13:24:08 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1504949

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2022
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which policies have been paused by the Government following the High Court declaration on the National Disability Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
	tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
	uin	47712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>In January 2022, the High Court declared that the Strategy was unlawful because the UK Disability Survey, which informed it, was held to be a voluntary consultation that failed to comply with the legal requirements on public consultations</p><p>We strongly disagree with the finding and the Work and Pensions Secretary of State has sought permission to appeal the High Court’s declaration. We are awaiting the Court of Appeal’s decision on whether permission to appeal is granted.</p><p>To comply with the High Court’s declaration pending the outcome of the appeal, the Government has paused the delivery, implementation and communication of some policies, activities, and actions that are contained in the Strategy. The Work and Pensions Secretary of State wishes to minimise the risk of acting inconsistently with the declaration. This means that out of over 100 policies in the strategy, we have paused 14. A full list of these policies is as follows:</p><p> </p><ul><li>BEIS will publish proposals to ensure that every disabled person who wants to start a business has the opportunity to do so.</li><li>BEIS and the Cabinet Office will set up an Extra Costs Taskforce, bringing together disabled people, regulators and businesses, to better understand the extra costs faced by disabled people, including how this breaks down for different impairments - by summer 2022.</li><li>DWP will work with the Disability Confident Professional Advisers Group (PAG) and the Business Leaders Group this year to review and strengthen levels 2 and 3 of the scheme, to support employers to increase disabled people’s employment opportunities.</li><li>DCMS will build the evidence base about the nature and scale of the inaccessibility of private sector websites, and explore how the government can effectively intervene including possible legislative options.</li><li>MOD will explore how to increase opportunities for disabled people to serve as part of the Armed Forces reserves by the end of 2023, including guaranteeing interviews for disabled reservists who meet the minimum requirements when recruiting for those roles.</li><li>DHSC will establish a new disability data working group in 2021 to look at health and social care datasets and address priority areas where there are gaps in the data.</li><li>DU will publish an annual report which summarises the progress we have made in implementing the strategy.</li><li>DU will oversee the implementation of the 5 elements featured in the strategy and report on progress.</li><li>By summer 2022 the Disability Unit will publish, following engagement with disabled people, a set of indicators and a dashboard to track the impact of the National Disability Strategy.</li><li>DU will review the way the UK government engages with disabled people, in discussion with disabled people, disabled people’s organisations and charities.</li><li>The Disability Unit will invest up to £1 million in 2021 to 2022 to develop a new Centre for Assistive and Accessible Technology, reporting on progress by summer 2022.</li><li>Cabinet Office will consult on workforce reporting on disability for large employers, exploring voluntary and mandated workplace transparency, and publish a set of next steps.</li><li>Cabinet Office will appoint a Disability Crown Representative to help unlock the innovation and economic benefits of disability inclusion through the government’s commercial activities.</li><li>Cabinet Office will consider how we can best support those standing for public office and those who hold public office.</li></ul><p> </p><p>I will set out further detail in a letter and I will place a copy in the House library.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 08/09/2022 17:01:11 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1193087

	registered interest
	date	05/05/2020
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress she has made on the National Disability Strategy; and what the timeframe is for that strategy to be published.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	43705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2020 answer text <p>This remains a priority for the department, and we will plan the extensive stakeholder engagement once it is safe to do so.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/05/2020 08:52:29 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1404299

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy published on 28 July 2021, when the Disability Unit plans to launch its next disability survey.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	107641
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2022 answer text <p>Part 1 of the National Disability Strategy makes reference to the UK Disability Survey. This was a discrete exercise. In Part 2 of the National Disability Strategy, the Disability Unit committed to beginning regular disability surveys through the Office for National Statistics by January 2022. This work has been commissioned.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 27/01/2022 10:58:49 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1417249

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy published 28 July 2021, what progress the Disability Unit has made on developing a UK-wide campaign to increase public awareness and understanding of disability, dispel ingrained and unhelpful stereotypes and promote the diverse contributions disabled people have made, and continue to make, to public life.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	113193
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2022 answer text <p>The Disability Unit is progressing the development of a UK-wide campaign designed to increase public awareness and understanding of disability, and change perceptions and challenge unhelpful stereotypes and behaviours towards disabled people.</p><p> </p><p>The Disability Unit appointed an independent agency in Autumn 2021 to conduct research to identify and better understand unhelpful stereotypes and perceptions, and the behaviours found to be most harmful to disabled people.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 04/02/2022 11:35:42 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1418305

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, (a) when the Minister for Disabled People last met with the Government's Disability and Access Ambassadors and (b) what recent steps she has taken with those ambassadors on disability and access.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	114832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>The Minister for Disabled People met the Disability and Access Ambassadors (DAAs) on 17th January 2022 for their virtual Quarterly meeting with her. They discussed taking forward access issues in all 19 of their sectors. The Minister also has a programme of individual meetings with DAAs. All DAAs have had, and continue to have, active involvement with Disability Unit projects. All DAAs remain active and busy in their sectors, including four new DAAs who were appointed in January 2022.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 08/02/2022 14:12:47 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1420720

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2022 to Question 113193 on Disability, if she will publish further details of the agency appointed by the Disability Unit in Autumn 2021 to conduct research to identify and better understand unhelpful stereotypes and perceptions, and the behaviours found to be most harmful to disabled people.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	120843
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2022 answer text <p>Following a competitive procurement process, the Disability Unit appointed CM Monitor (Britain Thinks) Ltd, an independent research agency, to conduct research to identify and better understand unhelpful stereotypes and perceptions, and the behaviours found to be most harmful to disabled people.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 16/02/2022 16:30:10 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1461213

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2022
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Minister for Disabled People last met with the Government's Disability and Access Ambassadors; and what recent steps she has taken with those ambassadors on disability and access.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	367
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2022 answer text <p>The Minister for Disabled People will next meet with all Disability and Access Ambassadors (DAAs) in June, the date to be confirmed. Since the last meeting with them on January 17th she has attended events and met with several DAAs and there are other events in her diary. All DAAs have had, and continue to have, active involvement with Disability Unit projects. All DAAs remain active and busy in their sectors, and work is underway to recruit four DAAs to replace retiring posts.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 17/05/2022 13:11:52 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1461215

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2022
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 4 February to Question 113195 on Disability: Databases, what progress the Disability Unit has made towards establishing a panel of experts on the lived experience of disabled people to (a) assess findings from research and (b) provide advice on data improvement projects.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	369
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2022 answer text <p>The government is committed to disability policy that supports all areas of life, and to taking action to create a society that works for everyone so we can build back better - and fairer.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State has sought permission to appeal the High Court's declaration in Binder vs SSWP, and whilst we await the outcome, the Secretary of State is considering how to proceed with policies, activities, and actions that fall within the department's remit. Next steps regarding lived experience research and data improvement projects will be set forth in due course.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 17/05/2022 10:46:59 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1519576

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions she has had with the Prime Minister on ensuring the needs of disabled people remain at the heart of the Government policy.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	59919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>Ensuring the voice of disabled people is properly heard is a priority for government. We will continue to engage closely with disabled people and disabled people’s organisations.</p><p>The Disability Unit was established in November 2019 within the Cabinet Office to bring a fresh cross-government approach to disability into the heart of government and to transform the lives of disabled people across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>In the same year, we set out our 2019 manifesto commitment to empower and support disabled people.</p><p> </p><p>Following the publication of ‘<em>Shaping future support: The Health and Disability Green Paper</em>’, we heard from more than 4,500 people and organisations on what proposals we should take forward to improve the health and disability benefits system.</p><p> </p><p>We will respond to this Green Paper consultation with a White Paper later this year.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 19/10/2022 11:32:56 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft