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<p>As requested by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Government
will submit a report by March 2029 with information on how we are implementing the
Committee’s recommendations outlined in their latest report published in April 2024.
The Government, through the Disability Unit in the Cabinet Office, has already begun
considering the recommendations from this report.</p><p>The Government continues to
implement the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Committee’s
2016 inquiry recommendations through many policies that improve disabled people’s
lives.</p><p>These include the Disability Action Plan, the National Disability Strategy
and providing unprecedented health and employment support through our £2.5bn Back
to Work Plan as well as our Chance to Work Guarantee.</p><p>We are also improving
the health and disability benefits system, enhancing the accessibility of homes and
transport, and continuing other work outlined in our various published follow-up reports
and in our dialogue with the Committee.</p><p>The Government is providing an unprecedented
cost of living support package worth £108 billion over 2022 to 2025 which included
£20 billion for two rounds of Cost of Living Payments. This support importantly helped
to shield people from the impact of inflation, preventing 1.3 million people from
falling into absolute poverty after housing costs in 2022/23.</p><p>Since 2010, the
Government has overseen significant falls in poverty with 1.1 million fewer people
in absolute low income after housing costs in 2022/23 compared to 2009/10</p>
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