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<p>In January 2022, the High Court declared the National Disability Strategy (NDS)
was unlawful because the UK Disability Survey, which informed it, was held to be a
voluntary consultation that failed to comply with the legal requirements on public
consultations.</p><p>The Cabinet Office had 19 commitments set out in Part 3 of the
NDS. These commitments, along with their implementation status, are set out in the
table below.</p><p>We remain fully committed to supporting disabled people in the
UK through creating more opportunities, protecting their rights and ensuring they
fully benefit from, and can contribute to, every aspect of our society. To support
this, the Cabinet Office will be providing further details of our recent achievements
to improve disabled people’s lives in the forthcoming Disability Action Plan consultation
due for publication in the summer.</p><p>Ahead of this, the Minister for Disabled
People, Health and Work will write providing a list of these achievements and will
place a copy in the House Library.</p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Cabinet
Office commitments as set out in the National Disability Strategy Part 3 (2021)</p></td><td><p>Status
of commitment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Better recognise the exceptional contribution
of disabled people to the UK through the honours system.</p></td><td><p>Partially
implemented.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Launch a new website and application system to
transform how disabled people can access public appointments, alongside increased
outreach with disability networks.</p></td><td><p>Partially implemented.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Develop
a new principle that arm’s length bodies offer disabled non-executive directors on
their boards the ability to do their duties remotely, if they so wish.</p></td><td><p>Fully
implemented.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ensure the exemplar accessibility of government
buildings, through the work of the Government Property Agency.</p></td><td><p>Partially
implemented</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Introduce legislation to require returning officers
to consider the needs of people with a wide range of disabilities.</p></td><td><p>Please
see the reply of Dehenna Davison MP, on behalf of the Department for Levelling Up,
Housing and Communities (DLUHC) on 20 June 2023:<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-06-15/189778"
target="_blank"> https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-06-15/189778</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Progress
work to require landlords to make reasonable adjustments to the common parts of leasehold
and commonhold homes.</p></td><td><p>Not implemented.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Run
a campaign to help the public sector make mobile applications accessible, and raise
awareness of how people can raise complaints about inaccessible websites.</p></td><td><p>Fully
implemented.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Consult on workforce reporting on disability
for large employers, exploring voluntary and mandated workplace transparency, and
publish a set of next steps.</p></td><td><p>Paused.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lead by
example, taking further measures to make the Civil Service a brilliant place to work
for disabled people, including timely workplace adjustments, support for staff disability
networks and continuing to grow our multi-award winning work experience and development
programmes.</p></td><td><p>Fully implemented.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lead a multi-year
programme to improve the availability, quality, relevance and comparability of government
disability data.</p></td><td><p>Not implemented.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leverage
government’s procurement spend to drive better outcomes for disabled people.</p></td><td><p>Fully
implemented.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Review our approach to ensure we are engaging
in the best ways and with a sufficiently diverse group of disabled people.</p></td><td><p>Paused.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Explore
the establishment of a world-leading Centre for Assistive and Accessible Technology.</p></td><td><p>Paused.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Expand
the Disability and Access Ambassadors programme.</p></td><td><p>Fully Implemented.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Assess
the assistive and accessible technology needs of disabled people in England.</p></td><td><p>Fully
implemented.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Through the Central Digital and Data Office,
deliver a single government account for users’ personal and business needs, benefitting
many disabled people.</p></td><td><p>Partially implemented.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Improve
the accessibility of government communications.</p></td><td><p>Partially implemented.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Work
across government to drive further action on crime, accessible products and services
and social participation.</p></td><td><p>Not implemented.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Through
Places for Growth, help create a fully inclusive and diverse workforce for the long
term, not the short term, and developing talent opportunities across the Regions and
Nations of the UK.</p></td><td><p>Partially implemented.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
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