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348496

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	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	Employment: Disability
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to end the disability employment gap.
	tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
	uin	HL268
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>In the last 12 months there has been an increase of 238,000 disabled people in work. That is really positive, but there is more to do.</p><p> </p><p>We have been very clear that the gap between the employment rates of disabled people and non-disabled people remains too big and have committed to halving it.</p><p> </p><p>Government cannot achieve this ambition alone so we are working closely with disabled people, their organisations, employers and employment support providers to develop our strategy to enable more disabled people to get into, remain in and progress in work.</p><p> </p><p>The Disability Confident Campaign, which actively promotes the Access to Work scheme, is key to supporting employers in working with Government to halve the disability employment gap.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 18/06/2015 11:45:10 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
	tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

384513

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	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	Employment: Disability
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people they expect to find jobs as a result of the Disability Confident campaign.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL724
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Disability Confident campaign makes the business case for recruiting and retaining more disabled people and aims to increase the number of employers taking positive action to be more disability confident. We are not able to measure the number of disabled people moving into employment as a direct result of it, but the campaign is an important contributor towards our commitment to halve the gap between the employment rates of disabled and non-disabled people.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 06/07/2015 12:00:19 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

621148

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2016
	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	Employment: Disability
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to address discrimination towards deafblind people and those with complex needs in the workplace, and how they will ensure that employers make essential adjustments needed by deafblind people to perform their roles successfully.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Garden of Frognal
	uin	HL2665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>‘Improving Lives the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper’ has been published. This marks the start of a wide ranging exploration into options for long-term reform across different sectors, targeting factors which contribute to the disability employment gap. We are engaging with a range of stakeholders, including organisations such as Sense, that represents the needs of deafblind people, during a consultation period that will run until 17 February 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Government wants all disabled people and people with a long term health condition to have the opportunity to work and share in the economic and health benefits that work brings.</p><p> </p><p>Section 20 of the Equality Act 2010 requires employers and providers of services to members of the public to make ‘reasonable adjustments’, so that disabled people are not placed at a “substantial disadvantage” compared to non-disabled people.</p><p> </p><p>The Access to Work scheme provides a dedicated service to particular groups, including those with complex needs, going beyond employers’ statutory obligations to make reasonable adjustments.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 08/11/2016 17:14:19 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
	tabling member	3842 label Biography information for Baroness Garden of Frognal

632435

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2016
	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	Employment: Disability
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how businesses wanting to be involved with the Disability Confident Business Leaders Group can do so.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Thomas of Winchester
	uin	HL3103
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>Disability Confident is about employers influencing other employers, sharing their evidence and experiences in employing disabled people with other employers to encourage them to also make the journey. This employer led approach will be reinforced by establishing a Business Leaders Group, with membership from Disability Confident employers across a wide range of sectors, sizes and geographic areas.</p><p>We are currently finalising the Terms of Reference for the group and will then begin seeking members. Any employers interested in being involved should email <a href="mailto:disabilityconfident.scheme@dwp.gsi.gov.uk" target="_blank">disabilityconfident.scheme@dwp.gsi.gov.uk</a>, using Disability Confident Business Leaders Group in the subject heading and giving brief details of their organisation and any previous involvement.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 18/11/2016 14:33:49 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
	tabling member	3785 label Biography information for Baroness Thomas of Winchester

679333

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2017
	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	Employment: Disability
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to develop a review process for Disability Confident to ensure businesses are meeting their commitments.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
	uin	HL5047
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2017 answer text <p>To become a Disability Confident Employer, an employer will need to test their business against a set of statements, and commit to take certain actions. As Disability Confident Employers move through towards becoming a ‘Disability Confident Leader’, they will need to put their assessment up for external challenge. These external validations could be done by a professional assessment body, a disabled user led organisation, a disabled staff forum, an existing DC Leader, or a combination of these. They will also need to take on a role working with other employers to encourage and support them to follow their own Disability Confident journeys.</p><p> </p><p>When employers sign up as Disability Confident they are asked to make specific meaningful offers for disabled people such as jobs, apprenticeships, internships, and work experience. Jobcentre Plus staff will be working with the Disability Confident employers in their localities to develop these offers into opportunities for local disabled people.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 08/02/2017 16:19:45 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

712570

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2017
	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	Employment: Disability
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, following the Green Paper consultation <i>Improving Lives: Work, Health and Disability</i>, what assessment they have made of the ability to work of some disabled people with complex needs; and what measures they are taking to support those people.
	tabling member printed	Lord Judd
	uin	HL6165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to understanding what works for people in the ESA Support Group, many of whom have complex needs, and announced in the Green Paper that we will undertake comprehensive research and develop a large scale trial to test and learn from different approaches of offering employment support to people in this group taking into consideration views and ideas gathered through the consultation, which closed on 17<sup>th</sup> February.</p><p>In the Green Paper, we also announced the details of the Personal Support Package. This package includes a broad spectrum of employment support, with specific provision made for the hardest to help Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants placed in the work-related activity group (and Universal Credit equivalents). This comprises:</p><p> </p><ul><li>More places on the Specialist Employability Support (SES) programme; and</li><li>Trialling and testing new forms of employment support to continue to build our evidence base for the hardest to help, including:</li></ul><ol><li>Testing a jobcentre-led alternative to the SES programme;</li><li>Testing locally delivered Supported Employment; and</li><li>Testing the use of Supported Work Experience for young people.</li></ol> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 03/04/2017 16:50:03 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

712576

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2017
	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	Employment: Disability
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they plan to publish their response to the Green Paper consultation <i>Improving Lives: Work, Health and Disability</i>.
	tabling member printed	Lord Luce
	uin	HL6171
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>The consultation on the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper closed on 17<sup>th</sup> February 2017. During the consultation period we engaged with a wide range of stakeholders, and received a large number of responses from people and organisations across society. We are currently evaluating all that we have heard before deciding what our next steps should be. In moving forward we are committed to continuing to engage with stakeholders, to build upon the discussion and debate that has been started by the Green Paper.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 29/03/2017 16:17:45 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	908 label Biography information for Lord Luce

717265

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2017
	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	Employment: Disability
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to improve the understanding of Jobcentre Plus staff and work coaches of the capabilities and support needs of disabled people who (1) are deafblind, and (2) have complex needs.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rea
	uin	HL6566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions has a network of Disability Employment Advisers, who are experienced in helping deliver services to customers with all disabilities and health conditions. The role of the Disability Employment Adviser (DEA) is to share their expertise, provide support to enhance Work Coach capability in advising disabled people to help them find and retain employment.</p><p> </p><p>Through up-skilling and support from the DEA, Work Coaches are equipped to deliver improved service to all our customers, including those who are deaf, blind or who have complex needs. Learning is available for all customer-facing staff on a wide range of areas, some of which specifically covers what to consider when supporting people with visual and hearing impairments and complex needs.</p><p> </p><p>Community Partners are also being introduced in to Jobcentres to provide additional advice and support to Work Coaches in all areas of disability and the impact that this can have on a person’s ability to finding or keep a job.</p><p>In addition, all DWP staff have recently been made aware of a new product - the Disability Passport. This can be completed by the customer and presented to staff at the Jobcentre. The content can be used to support communications between the Work Coach and the customer, ensuring any appropriate reasonable adjustments are put in place to support the individual.</p><p> </p><p>Further information is available to all Jobcentre staff through the District Provision Tool, which will highlight any local organisations who provide support, help and advice to customers with disabilities and health conditions.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 19/04/2017 11:22:12 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	3274 label Biography information for Lord Rea

717266

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2017
	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	Employment: Disability
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will commit to working with charities, such as Sense, to tailor employment support for disabled people to maximise their chances of successfully joining the labour market.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rea
	uin	HL6567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to continuing to engage with a wide range of stakeholders and partners, all of whom have an important part to play in making the transformative changes required to support disabled people and people with long-term health conditions to get into and stay in work.</p><p> </p><p>For example, with the publication of the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper in October last year, the Government launched a three-month national consultation. During this time we engaged with a wide range of individuals with disabilities and long-term conditions, as well as charities with an interest, including Sense, in order to hear their views on the actions that need to be taken to transform the prospects of disabled people and people with long-term health conditions</p><p> </p><p>We organised a series of face-to-face consultation events, hosted by partners from disability charities and employers, to collectively explore the green paper’s themes and questions. These were designed in close collaboration with a range of organisations, including Sense.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation closed on 17<sup>th</sup> February 2017 and we are now carefully considering all the submissions we received as we develop our policy options and set out our next steps.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 19/04/2017 11:22:55 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	3274 label Biography information for Lord Rea

788331

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2017
	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	Employment: Disability
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that disabled people are aware of their rights at work.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL3123
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>Equality and Human Rights Commission is the body tasked with promoting equality in routes into work, fair treatment at work and fair opportunities for progression. It was established by the Equality Act and is an office of the Government Equalities Office within the Department for Education reporting to the Minister for Women and Equalities. Its strategic plan to deliver its objectives, including promoting equality in routes into work, can be found attached.</p><p> </p><p>The Disability Confident Scheme focuses on the role of employers, who have a crucial role to play in ensuring disabled people are recruited, retained and developed in their careers.</p><p>Disability Confident is about creating a movement for change and involves business talking to business, with disability confident employers sharing their evidence and experiences with other employers.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 27/11/2017 16:37:33 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe attachment 1 file name HL 3123 HR Strategic Plan.pdf title Strategic Plan
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett