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1469733

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
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	Employment: 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 her Department has made of the implications for its policies of the response from individual disabled people to the health and disability green paper in summer 2021; and whether her Department plans to review its approach to consulting disabled people for the consultation on the forthcoming health and disability white paper.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	17042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>We received over 4,500 responses to the public consultation on <em>Shaping Future Support: The Health and Disability Green Paper</em> and we are very grateful to all the individuals and organisations who have contributed.</p><p> </p><p>Throughout the consultation period itself, we held more than 40 events with disabled people, people with health conditions and their representatives, including a series of virtual events as well as face-to-face events across Great Britain. Many charities helped us to run events by organising for their users to attend and speak to us about the areas of the Green Paper that were most important to them.</p><p> </p><p>We will respond to the consultation responses through the Health and Disability White Paper that we will publish later this year and will continue to engage with disabled people and people with health conditions regularly.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 21/06/2022 14:09:15 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1469734

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
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	Employment: 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 requires assessor companies to report on the number of disabled and seriously unwell people who have requested that their assessment be audio recorded.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	17043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>At present, there is no contractual requirement for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) or Health and Disability Assessment Services (HDAS) assessment providers to report on the number of claimants who have requested their assessment be audio recorded.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 21/06/2022 12:30:35 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1465261

registered interest
date	24/05/2022
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	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of disabled adults have been in employment in each year since 2017, by sector.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	8068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>Summary estimates on disability employment are published quarterly by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and can be found at: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourmarketstatusofdisabledpeoplea08" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourmarketstatusofdisabledpeoplea08</a>.</p><p> </p><p>These statistics are used to monitor the number of disabled people in work and the disability employment rate and gap.</p><p> </p><p>The Department also publishes annual disability employment statistics which provide more detailed analysis and breakdowns – including by industry and sector - of the ONS summary estimates and can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/the-employment-of-disabled-people" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/the-employment-of-disabled-people</a>.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 26/05/2022 16:04:18 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1465140

registered interest
date	23/05/2022
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	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that stakeholders are consulted as part of her Department's work to reduce the disability employment gap; and how frequently that consultation is taking place.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	6827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>The Department regularly engages with a wide range of stakeholders to inform disability employment policy and programme development. This is to support disabled people to start, stay in and succeed in work, and our ambition to reduce the disability employment gap.</p><p> </p><p>This includes the Disability Confident (DC) scheme, where we regularly engage with stakeholders, including the DC Business Leaders Group (which meets quarterly), comprising board level Directors, the DC Professional Advisers Group, disabled people, disability charities and representative groups, to gather their views about the scheme and help shape future DC Policy. As part of our current review of the scheme, we are working with a wide range of stakeholders to ensure the content of the scheme remains up to date, credible and sufficiently challenging, in support of disability employment. We also engage with employers through events and DC webinars, that focus on topics to support disabled people, such as: Autism and Neurodiversity, Mental Health in the Workplace, and New Ways of Working.</p><p> </p><p>The Access to Work programme also engages with a wide range of disability groups with a mix of disabled people’s organisations, charities, and disabled people. These user-led stakeholder forums take place regularly throughout the year across England, Scotland, and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 26/05/2022 15:24:45 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1465141

registered interest
date	23/05/2022
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	Employment: 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 her Department's press release of 17 May 2022, Government hits goal to see a million more disabled people in work, whether her Department plans to set a new goal to further build on that increase.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	6828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>Now the one million goal has been met, we will be considering what a new stretching ambition should be, to continue to galvanise action across and outside of Government. This will ensure that increasing disabled people’s participation in the labour market is a shared ambition across society. The Government’s commitment to reducing the disability employment gap remains.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 26/05/2022 16:00:55 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1465142

registered interest
date	23/05/2022
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	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how her Department defines in employment in the context of the Disability Employment Goal.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	6829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>The goal to see a million more disabled people in employment is measured using Labour Force Survey (LFS) data released on a quarterly basis by the independent Office for National Statistics (ONS). The LFS is the key source for trend data on different measures of disability employment.</p><p> </p><p>The number of disabled people in employment in the UK counts all people aged 16 to 64 who did one hour or more of paid work per week and those who had a job that they were temporarily away from (for example, because they were on holiday or off sick). This definition aligns with the international standard as set by the International Labour Organisation (ILO).</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 26/05/2022 15:42:27 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1465143

registered interest
date	23/05/2022
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	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people have been in employment in each year since 2017, by sector.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	6830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>Summary estimates on disability employment are published quarterly by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and can be found at: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourmarketstatusofdisabledpeoplea08" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/labourmarketstatusofdisabledpeoplea08</a>.</p><p> </p><p>These statistics are used to monitor the number of disabled people in work and the disability employment rate and gap.</p><p> </p><p>The Department also publishes annual disability employment statistics which provide more detailed analysis and breakdowns – including by industry and sector - of the ONS summary estimates and can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/the-employment-of-disabled-people" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/the-employment-of-disabled-people</a>.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 26/05/2022 15:54:42 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1418388

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy, published July 2021, what recent steps her Department has taken to (a) encourage and support workplace disability networks, (b) achieve and maintain the highest level of Disability Confident accreditation, (c) ensure responsive and timely support to meet workplace adjustment needs and (d) develop and embed flexible working.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	114840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2022 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) supports our Disability Network by delivering against shared priorities in the Inclusion Framework, focusing on recruitment, building capability and raising awareness.</p><p> </p><p>DIT and UK Export Finance’s (UKEF) level three (the highest level) Disability Confident accreditation was reaccredited in December 2020 and February 2021 respectively. To maintain the level 3 accreditation, DIT has developed Disability Confident training which is currently being rolled out.</p><p>DIT and UKEF have workplace adjustment policies and have access to the Civil Service Workplace Adjustment Service (CSWAS), an Occupational Health provider and an in-house advisory team to ensure timely end-to-end support.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s policies promote flexible working patterns (including Hybrid Working) to support individual needs, including disability-related adjustments and workplace adjustment passports.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 09/02/2022 10:18:50 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1404097

registered interest
date	18/01/2022
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	Employment: 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 recent progress her Department has made towards the introduction of a new approach to conditionality for disabled people and people with health conditions, which aims to enable an honest and open conversation between a person and their work coach about what they can do.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	106804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>A staged roll out of a new approach to conditionality for disabled claimants and claimants with health conditions went live in January 2021 and was completed in December 2021. It began with claimants who made a claim to Universal Credit (UC) and/or New Style Employment Support Allowance (NS ESA) between March to July 2020. Thereafter, rolling out to all claimants on the UC health journey, and/or NS ESA.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 31/01/2022 12:15:52 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1402690

registered interest
date	13/01/2022
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	Employment: 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 assessment her Department has made of the average time taken for disabled people and people with health conditions to rapidly access appropriate tailored support following the 25 per cent increase in places on Intensive Personalised Employment Support from August 2021.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	103611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2022 answer text <p>As the 25% increase in available places on the Intensive Personalised Employment Support (IPES) programme only began on 4th January, it is too early to have any data on its impact.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 20/01/2022 16:21:12 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft