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1718496

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which public body is responsible for confirming whether patients meet the definition of disability under the Equality Act 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	26549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>It is for individual National Health Service organisations, including NHS trusts and integrated care boards, to comply with the Equality Act 2010. Guidance on the act is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/equality-act-2010-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/equality-act-2010-guidance</a></p><p>The act defines disability as a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. NHS England has issued guidance for NHS commissioners on equality and health inequality legal duties, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/equality/equality-hub/patient-equalities-programme/legal-duties/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/equality/equality-hub/patient-equalities-programme/legal-duties/</a></p><p>NHS England is also working to improve the use and recording of reasonable adjustments to make it easier for disabled people to use health services, by ensuring care is tailored appropriately. This includes the development of a Reasonable Adjustment Digital Flag, which will enable the recording of key information about a patient, including if a person is disabled, and their reasonable adjustment needs, to ensure support can be tailored appropriately. Further information on the Reasonable Adjustment Digital Flag is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/services/reasonable-adjustment-flag" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/services/reasonable-adjustment-flag</a></p><p>The Department has not made a specific assessment of NHS England's ability to meet its Public Sector Equality Duty.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 26556 question first answered 22/05/2024 09:06:41 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1718499

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS reasonable adjustment digital flag indicates that the NHS accept that the individual has a disability.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	26552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>It is for individual National Health Service organisations, including NHS trusts and integrated care boards, to comply with the Equality Act 2010, guidance on which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/equality-act-2010-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/equality-act-2010-guidance</a></p><p>The act defines disability as a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. Further information on the definition of disability according to the act can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/definition-of-disability-under-equality-act-2010" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/definition-of-disability-under-equality-act-2010</a></p><p>No assessment has been made of the potential merits of issuing guidance to NHS England on the categorisation of disability. NHS England has issued guidance for NHS commissioners on equality and health inequalities legal duties. It has also issued guidance with respect to the Reasonable Adjustments Digital Flag (the Flag). Under the Equality Act 2010, organisations have a legal duty to make changes in their approach or provision, to ensure that services are as accessible to disabled people as they are for everybody else. These changes are called reasonable adjustments. The Flag was developed in the NHS Spine to enable health and care workers to record, share, and view details of reasonable adjustments across the NHS, wherever the person is treated. It is now accessible on the National Care Records Service, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/services/national-care-records-service" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/services/national-care-records-service</a></p><p>The Flag is designed to provide staff with information on their duties under the Equality Act 2010. It lists existing adjustments defined by clinical codes, such as communication needs defined using the Accessible Information Standard clinical codes, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/accessible-information-standard-implementation-guidance/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/accessible-information-standard-implementation-guidance/</a></p><p>It also provides the opportunity to create highly individualised bespoke adjustments for patients. The service holds records for all patients in England who have been flagged as needing reasonable adjustments. A record is created for a patient when a health or social care worker first records the patient's reasonable adjustments.</p><p>The Flag provides basic context about a patient, key adjustments, and the details related to this and further information to aid health and care workers. This legal duty is anticipatory, which means a service should know about a person’s need for adjustments when they are referred or present for care. For this to happen, and for optimum care to be delivered, adjustments need to be recorded and shared across the NHS. The Flag can also record if a patient meets the Equality Act definition of disability, which is an impairment with substantial and long-term adverse effect on normal day to day activity. It can also optionally contain details of the disability or long term condition that is the source of the patient’s impairment, in line with the Equality Act 2010 guidance. The impairment type list in the guidance shows the impairment types that can be recorded.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 26550 26551 26553 26554 26555 question first answered 22/05/2024 08:55:47 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1718500

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her Department issues to NHS England regarding the use of reasonable adjustment digital flags.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	26553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>It is for individual National Health Service organisations, including NHS trusts and integrated care boards, to comply with the Equality Act 2010, guidance on which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/equality-act-2010-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/equality-act-2010-guidance</a></p><p>The act defines disability as a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. Further information on the definition of disability according to the act can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/definition-of-disability-under-equality-act-2010" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/definition-of-disability-under-equality-act-2010</a></p><p>No assessment has been made of the potential merits of issuing guidance to NHS England on the categorisation of disability. NHS England has issued guidance for NHS commissioners on equality and health inequalities legal duties. It has also issued guidance with respect to the Reasonable Adjustments Digital Flag (the Flag). Under the Equality Act 2010, organisations have a legal duty to make changes in their approach or provision, to ensure that services are as accessible to disabled people as they are for everybody else. These changes are called reasonable adjustments. The Flag was developed in the NHS Spine to enable health and care workers to record, share, and view details of reasonable adjustments across the NHS, wherever the person is treated. It is now accessible on the National Care Records Service, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/services/national-care-records-service" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/services/national-care-records-service</a></p><p>The Flag is designed to provide staff with information on their duties under the Equality Act 2010. It lists existing adjustments defined by clinical codes, such as communication needs defined using the Accessible Information Standard clinical codes, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/accessible-information-standard-implementation-guidance/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/accessible-information-standard-implementation-guidance/</a></p><p>It also provides the opportunity to create highly individualised bespoke adjustments for patients. The service holds records for all patients in England who have been flagged as needing reasonable adjustments. A record is created for a patient when a health or social care worker first records the patient's reasonable adjustments.</p><p>The Flag provides basic context about a patient, key adjustments, and the details related to this and further information to aid health and care workers. This legal duty is anticipatory, which means a service should know about a person’s need for adjustments when they are referred or present for care. For this to happen, and for optimum care to be delivered, adjustments need to be recorded and shared across the NHS. The Flag can also record if a patient meets the Equality Act definition of disability, which is an impairment with substantial and long-term adverse effect on normal day to day activity. It can also optionally contain details of the disability or long term condition that is the source of the patient’s impairment, in line with the Equality Act 2010 guidance. The impairment type list in the guidance shows the impairment types that can be recorded.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 26550 26551 26552 26554 26555 question first answered 22/05/2024 08:55:47 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1718502

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of issuing guidance to NHS England on the categorisation of disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	26555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>It is for individual National Health Service organisations, including NHS trusts and integrated care boards, to comply with the Equality Act 2010, guidance on which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/equality-act-2010-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/equality-act-2010-guidance</a></p><p>The act defines disability as a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. Further information on the definition of disability according to the act can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/definition-of-disability-under-equality-act-2010" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/definition-of-disability-under-equality-act-2010</a></p><p>No assessment has been made of the potential merits of issuing guidance to NHS England on the categorisation of disability. NHS England has issued guidance for NHS commissioners on equality and health inequalities legal duties. It has also issued guidance with respect to the Reasonable Adjustments Digital Flag (the Flag). Under the Equality Act 2010, organisations have a legal duty to make changes in their approach or provision, to ensure that services are as accessible to disabled people as they are for everybody else. These changes are called reasonable adjustments. The Flag was developed in the NHS Spine to enable health and care workers to record, share, and view details of reasonable adjustments across the NHS, wherever the person is treated. It is now accessible on the National Care Records Service, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/services/national-care-records-service" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/services/national-care-records-service</a></p><p>The Flag is designed to provide staff with information on their duties under the Equality Act 2010. It lists existing adjustments defined by clinical codes, such as communication needs defined using the Accessible Information Standard clinical codes, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/accessible-information-standard-implementation-guidance/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/accessible-information-standard-implementation-guidance/</a></p><p>It also provides the opportunity to create highly individualised bespoke adjustments for patients. The service holds records for all patients in England who have been flagged as needing reasonable adjustments. A record is created for a patient when a health or social care worker first records the patient's reasonable adjustments.</p><p>The Flag provides basic context about a patient, key adjustments, and the details related to this and further information to aid health and care workers. This legal duty is anticipatory, which means a service should know about a person’s need for adjustments when they are referred or present for care. For this to happen, and for optimum care to be delivered, adjustments need to be recorded and shared across the NHS. The Flag can also record if a patient meets the Equality Act definition of disability, which is an impairment with substantial and long-term adverse effect on normal day to day activity. It can also optionally contain details of the disability or long term condition that is the source of the patient’s impairment, in line with the Equality Act 2010 guidance. The impairment type list in the guidance shows the impairment types that can be recorded.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 26550 26551 26552 26553 26554 question first answered 22/05/2024 08:55:47 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1718544

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
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 his planned timetable is for ensuring that the (a) National Disability Strategy is and (b) related policies are compliant with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	26633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>The commitments set out in the National Disability Strategy are designed to support the UK to become as accessible and inclusive as possible, in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’ aims of progressive realisation. The strategy, together with other work such as the Disability Action Plan, demonstrate this Government's commitment to implementing the Convention through its legislation, policies and services.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/05/2024 15:55:41 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1716026

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
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 recommendation 90(a) of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities' Report on follow-up to the inquiry concerning the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, advance unedited version published on 22 March 2024, whether he is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to (a) consult (i) disabled people and (ii) representative organisations on the national disability strategy and (b) otherwise involve those stakeholders with the strategy.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	25033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>The National Disability Strategy (NDS) was published in 2021, bringing together an ambitious and comprehensive set of commitments across Government and setting out the long term vision to improve disabled people’s daily lives.</p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office Disability Unit (DU) continues to engage with disabled people and their representative organisations to deliver the outstanding commitments in the NDS and now also the Actions in the Disability Action Plan, via its systematic stakeholder engagement framework. The framework has been designed to ensure that voices across the disability sector (disabled people and their communities, disabled people-led organisations, charities, and business leaders working on accessibility and inclusion) are meaningfully considered throughout the development, implementation and evaluation of the DU’s work, from the earliest possible opportunity.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 15/05/2024 15:22:56 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1697504

registered interest
date	20/03/2024
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 Disability Action Plan, published in February 2024, what steps his Department is taking to help with the extra financial costs associated with disability when standing for elected office.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	19669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to PQ<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-02-21/15196" target="_blank">15196</a> on 29 February.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 26/03/2024 14:24:25 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1680584

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
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 assessment he has made of the potential impact of the change in the role of Minister for Disabled People from Minister of State to Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State on his Department's support for disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Selby and Ainsty
tabling member printed	Keir Mather
uin	8634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Members to the answer given to this question in the House on the 18th December, Hansard reference: Vol 742, Col 1107 found <a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-12-18/debates/1342072C-A5AC-402F-8A8C-E4DCB472C620/OralAnswersToQuestions#contribution-69E5CB32-23A6-415E-8DFA-25926AF80EE0" target="_blank">here.</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/01/2024 13:55:05 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4993 label Biography information for Keir Mather

1679812

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
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 new Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work plans to outline her priorities for supporting disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	8169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>This Governments priorities on supporting disabled people remains unchanged. We will continue to build on our strong track record, which includes supporting over two million more disabled people into work</p><p> </p><p>Our multi-billion pound support plans announced at Autumn Statement will further help millions more disabled people and those with health conditions, including those with long-term sickness, to start, stay, and succeed in work.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 15/01/2024 11:39:32 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1678142

registered interest
date	14/12/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has had recent discussions with the Prime Minister on the potential merits of appointing a Minister for Disabled People.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	7070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>My Hon. Friend, the Member for Mid Sussex (Mims Davies MP) has been appointed as the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work, and will build on the government’s strong track record of supporting disabled people, having delivered millions of cost of living payments and helping over one million more disabled people into work five years earlier than planned. The Minister will help ensure there is always a strong safety net for the most vulnerable in our society, while tearing down barriers so that every disabled person can realise their potential and thrive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 19/12/2023 13:01:59 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq