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993612

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2018 to Question 165609 on Employment: disability, when the research will be published; and whether that research will consider actual employment outcomes for disabled people as a target and reference point for the success of Disability Confident.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	182830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>As stated in the Answer of 23 July 2018 to Question 165609, we have commissioned external research which explores whether employers who sign up to the Disability Confident scheme change their attitudes and behaviours in relation to disability employment, including whether they report increases in their employment of disabled people as a result of signing up.</p><p> </p><p>We expect to publish results from this research later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 30/10/2018 17:19:23 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

986422

registered interest
date	12/10/2018
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 plans her Department has to increase the number of employers that sign up to the disability confident scheme.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	178456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>Staff in the DWP Disability Confident team are working constantly to engage with employers, run events and support the scheme. We have recently been working with Jobcentre Plus districts in Devon &amp; Cornwall and South Yorkshire to identify new opportunities to engage with employers. The learning from this is currently being shared across Jobcentre Plus and should lead to a significant increase in employer sign-ups. Over 8,300 organisations are currently signed up to Disability Confident and this number continues to grow substantially.</p><p> </p><p>The Disability Confident Business Leaders Group (BLG), comprising senior leaders from significant British businesses across all sectors, helps to increase engagement with employers and encourage and support them on their Disability Confident journeys. The group promotes the business benefits of disability employment and works with DWP officials to identify any changes or developments that will improve the effectiveness of the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>In the public sector, with all main Government departments now signed up as Disability Confident Leaders we are turning focus on Local Authorities, Police, Fire Authorities and NHS Trusts. 75% of Local Authorities are already Disability Confident.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 22/10/2018 16:41:39 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

986424

registered interest
date	12/10/2018
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 budget her Department allocated to the disability confident scheme in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	178457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The DC scheme is delivered internally by DWP, using DWP staff and other internal resources. There is no external resources budget set for it.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 22/10/2018 16:06:16 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

983180

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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 her Department is taking to support people to (a) disclose a disability and (b) ask for reasonable adjustments in the workplace.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	176353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>The Equality Act 2010 legally protects disabled people from discrimination in the workplace and in wider society and requires employers to make reasonable adjustments to make sure workers with disabilities, or physical or mental health conditions aren’t substantially disadvantaged when doing their jobs.</p><p> </p><p>Disability Confident emphasises to employers the importance of implementing reasonable adjustments and signposts them to further sources of information and guidance. By providing guidance, best practice advice and access to case studies, DC helps to support managers and HR professionals to build a positive culture. This means that managers and disabled staff can have productive conversations in the workplace, creating the right environment for people to share their disability at work.</p><p> </p><p>Access to Work is a demand-led scheme that provides support for disabled workers over and above the level of reasonable adjustments, up to a maximum of £57,200 per year per person. Access to Work provision was approved for 25,020 individuals in 2016/17 – an 8% increase on 2015/16, at a cost of £104m.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we are working with Council for Work and Health to develop Reasonable Adjustments Clinical Guidance in relation to 5 conditions which commonly lead to absence from work. We expect the guidance to be published in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, we are working with partners including employers, to establish a voluntary reporting framework on disability and mental health for large employers. In the supporting guidance we will provide advice on disclosure issues.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 17/10/2018 15:43:01 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

969098

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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 she has made of trends in the level of the disability employment gap; and what information her Department holds on the disability employment gap by (a) condition and (b) type of disability.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	171400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Evidence shows that the disability employment gap is narrowing, although we are determined to see further improvements, so that everyone who can work is given the right support and opportunities to do so.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 shows the gap in employment rates between working age disabled and non-disabled people, based on the estimates published by ONS on the website at the following link:</p><p><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> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Employment rates for disabled and non-disabled people aged 16-64, Q2 2013 – Q2 2017</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Disabled employment rate (%)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Non-disabled employment rate (%)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gap<br> (percentage points)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>43.6</p></td><td><p>76.8</p></td><td><p>33.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>44.9</p></td><td><p>78.4</p></td><td><p>33.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>45.9</p></td><td><p>79.2</p></td><td><p>33.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>47.9</p></td><td><p>80.1</p></td><td><p>32.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>49.2</p></td><td><p>80.6</p></td><td><p>31.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Source: Labour Force Survey </em></p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Estimates relate to quarter 2 (April-June) each year.</li><li>Percentages are rounded to the nearest 0.1 percentage point. Components may not sum exactly to totals due to rounding.</li><li>Estimates exclude a small number of respondents who did not report whether or not they were disabled.</li><li>Data is subject to sampling variation and is not seasonally adjusted.</li><li>Due to an apparent discontinuity, ONS has applied health warnings to estimates for periods after Q2 (April to June) 2017. We are awaiting further advice from ONS on how these more recent figures can be used in future.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 2 shows how employment rates for disabled people with different health conditions or broad types of disability compare to that of non-disabled people.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2: Employment rate of disabled people by health condition, <em>Q2 (April to June) 2017</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Disabled employment rate (%)</p></td><td><p>Total number of people <br> (thousands)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Problems or disabilities (including arthritis or rheumatism) connected with arms or hands</p></td><td><p>53.7</p></td><td><p>458</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Problems or disabilities (including arthritis or rheumatism) connected with legs or feet</p></td><td><p>56.5</p></td><td><p>765</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Problems or disabilities (including arthritis or rheumatism) connected with back or neck</p></td><td><p>56.4</p></td><td><p>1,036</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Difficulty in seeing</p></td><td><p>54.9</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Difficulty in hearing</p></td><td><p>62.3</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Speech impediment</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Severe disfigurements, skin conditions, allergies</p></td><td><p>64.0</p></td><td><p>82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chest or breathing problems, asthma, bronchitis</p></td><td><p>54.4</p></td><td><p>433</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Heart, blood pressure or blood circulation problems</p></td><td><p>49.1</p></td><td><p>412</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stomach, liver kidney or digestive problems</p></td><td><p>60.3</p></td><td><p>361</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Diabetes</p></td><td><p>55.0</p></td><td><p>259</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Depression, bad nerves or anxiety</p></td><td><p>46.3</p></td><td><p>1,068</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Epilepsy</p></td><td><p>28.0</p></td><td><p>92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Severe or specific learning difficulties (mental handicap)</p></td><td><p>16.8</p></td><td><p>184</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mental illness, or suffer from phobia, panics or other nervous disorders</p></td><td><p>27.1</p></td><td><p>476</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Progressive illness not included elsewhere (e.g. cancer, multiple sclerosis, symptomatic HIV, Parkinson’s disease, muscular dystrophy)</p></td><td><p>37.7</p></td><td><p>416</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other health problems or disabilities</p></td><td><p>52.5</p></td><td><p>810</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Any mental health main condition</p></td><td><p>40.3</p></td><td><p>1,544</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Any musculoskeletal main condition</p></td><td><p>55.9</p></td><td><p>2,259</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Any mental health main condition or musculoskeletal main condition</p></td><td><p>49.6</p></td><td><p>3,803</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total disabled</p></td><td><p>49.2</p></td><td><p>7,097</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total non-disabled</p></td><td><p>80.6</p></td><td><p>33,792</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Source: Labour Force Survey </em></p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Percentages are rounded to the nearest 0.1 percentage point. Numbers are rounded to the nearest 1,000.</li><li>Data is subject to sampling variation and is not seasonally adjusted.</li><li>Precision of statistics is limited by small sample sizes. Estimates based on fewer than 10,000 people (weighted) are not shown and are denoted ‘-‘.</li><li>The total for all disabled people is slightly higher than the sum of the number of health conditions due to some respondents not reporting their specific health condition(s).</li><li>Those with any mental health condition are considered to be those who reported having 'depression, bad nerves or anxiety' or 'mental illness, or suffer phobia, panics, or other nervous disorders'.</li><li>Those with any musculoskeletal condition are considered to be those who reported having 'problems or disabilities (including arthritis or rheumatism) connected with arms or hands', 'problems or disabilities (including arthritis or rheumatism) connected with back or neck' or 'problems or disabilities (including arthritis or rheumatism) connected with legs or feet'.</li></ol> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 11/09/2018 16:23:56 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

969102

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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 encourage (a) large employers and (b) SME employers to recruit disabled employees.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	171403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to supporting disabled people to reach their potential. We are engaging with employers through the Disability Confident scheme, which was developed by disabled people, employers and disability organisations to encourage employers to think differently about disability and to take action to improve how they attract, recruit and develop disabled employees.</p><p> </p><p>The Disability Confident Business Leaders Group (BLG), comprising senior leaders from significant British businesses across all sectors, is helping to increase engagement with employers. The group promotes the business benefits of disability employment and works with DWP officials to identify any changes or developments that will improve the effectiveness of the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>DWP is working with a range of stakeholders, including members of the Business Leaders Group and Professional Advisers Group, to drive sign-up to Disability Confident. Through employer-focused events, we are targeting employers of all size and sector and are working with MPs in their constituencies to encourage local community sign-up. We are also working with MPs around the country to arrange local events to get them as employers, and businesses in their constituencies, signed up.</p><p> </p><p>Over 7,500 employers are currently signed up to Disability Confident, of whom over 2,000 are large employers and 5,500 are SMEs.</p><p> </p><p>Over 2,800 employers have completed their self-assessment to become Disability Confident Employers (Level 2). These include organisations ranging in size from large multi nationals to local employers, including private businesses, colleges, sports clubs, NHS trusts and social enterprises. All main government Departments are at Level 3 (Disability Confident Leader) and over 80% of Local Authorities are Disability Confident.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the department has instigated a requirement that all contractors for major contracts (exceeding £10 million in value) must have achieved Disability Confident Leader Status. DWP will work with its other suppliers to encourage them to become Disability Confident.</p><p> </p><p>Crown Commercial Services are developing a Public Procurement Notice on disability and employment. This will provide guidance on the work and health agenda, on the Stevenson/Farmer Core and Enhanced Standards on mental health, and it will identify how to encourage suppliers to sign up to Disability Confident.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/09/2018 16:20:44 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 75162 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

968096

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of Cabinet Office, how many disabled people entered the workforce in (a) 2010 and (b) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	170764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 13/09/2018 11:00:38 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden attachment 1 file name PQ170764 - DrMatthewOffordMP.pdf title UKSA response
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

964746

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has plans to replicate the level of funding to support disabled people into work provided by the European Social Fund in the UK Shared Prosperity Fund after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	169389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) will support people to contribute and benefit from economic growth.</p><p>Taking its lead from the Industrial Strategy, the Fund will tackle inequalities between communities by investing in the foundations of productivity.</p><p>We intend to consult on the UKSPF this year, as we committed to do in our Industrial Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 169390 169391 question first answered 10/09/2018 16:18:04 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

964747

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund budget that will be allocated to projects supporting disabled people into work.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	169390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) will support people to contribute and benefit from economic growth.</p><p>Taking its lead from the Industrial Strategy, the Fund will tackle inequalities between communities by investing in the foundations of productivity.</p><p>We intend to consult on the UKSPF this year, as we committed to do in our Industrial Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 169389 169391 question first answered 10/09/2018 16:18:04 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

964748

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the level of funding that will be allocated from the UK Shared Prosperity fund to support disabled people into work.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	169391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) will support people to contribute and benefit from economic growth.</p><p>Taking its lead from the Industrial Strategy, the Fund will tackle inequalities between communities by investing in the foundations of productivity.</p><p>We intend to consult on the UKSPF this year, as we committed to do in our Industrial Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 169389 169390 question first answered 10/09/2018 16:18:05 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle