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	registered interest
	date	07/11/2022
	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	Cost of Living: Visual Impairment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to work with external parties and agencies to ensure that blind and partially sighted people are able to meet the rising cost of living.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	80640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for DWP and I remain committed to improving disabled people’s lives and continue to meet colleagues across Government to push this important work forward.</p><p> </p><p>The Government understands that people across the UK are worried about the rising cost of living and are seeing their disposable incomes decrease as they spend more on the essentials. Decisive action is needed to get households and businesses through this winter and the next, while ensuring we act in a fiscally responsible way.</p><p> </p><p>Over the summer, a number of meetings and focus groups have taken place to hear disabled people's experiences, including one which was set up jointly with RNIB. Alongside this, officials continue to engage with stakeholders to build the evidence base on how the cost of living is impacting disabled people. This information will feed into the Government’s considered response.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 09/11/2022 15:28:11 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

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	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	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	Assistance Animals: Business
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to require businesses to admit guide dogs as part of the Disability Action Plan.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	195770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>Guide dog access is protected as a reasonable adjustment under the Equality Act 2010. All businesses should be mindful of their duty to make reasonable adjustments to ensure disabled people are able to access goods and services.</p><p> </p><p>The Disability Action Plan consultation has specific questions on guide dog access refusals. People who are reliant on guide dogs to access goods and services are encouraged to make their views known via the fully accessible consultation which can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/disability-action-plan-2023-to-2024" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/disability-action-plan-2023-to-2024</a>.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 07/09/2023 14:52:02 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell