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<p>The Home Office has supported the Disability Confident Scheme since August 2016,
as a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader. The Home Office attained subsequent re-accreditation,
at Level 3, in March 2021, and, again in March 2024.</p><p>The Home Office remains
committed to being a Disability Confident Leader and seeks to break down the barriers
to career progression, to maximise the talent disabled people bring to the workplace.</p><p>The
Department takes an evidence-led approach, to closely monitor disability representation,
at all points of the employee life cycle.</p><p>The Home Office:</p><ul><li>has a
dedicated workplace adjustments team, to support colleagues and line managers, alongside
a dedicated team to support those that use assisted technology in the workplace. To
supplement this, the Home Office has a workplace adjustment guidance, and line managers
are invited to attend awareness session to increase line management capability.</li><li>have
dedicated guidance on reasonable adjustments in recruitment for vacancy holders to
work with. This is designed to ensure that disabled applicants experience a level
playing field in the recruitment process.</li><li>regularly evaluates the effectiveness
of Disability related policies and practices, alongside wider inclusion interventions.</li><li>work
closely with our accessibility team to ensure our website is compliant with Public
Sector Body Accessibility Regulations. For example, all our videos have closed captions,
audio description versions and are accompanied by transcripts.</li><li>website also
includes information on how to request reasonable adjustments when applying.</li><li>has
a dedicated Disability champion at Director General level, who reports directly to
the Permanent Secretary. The Home Office Disability champion chairs a Disability champion
board every six weeks, which is attended by directorate level champions and the chair
of the Home Disability staff network, where they monitor progress against the internal
Home Office Disability action plan.</li><li>evaluates disability representation at
all grades within the Department and have met or exceeded our internal target of 12%</li><li>has
also enhanced its British Sign Language provision for D/deaf colleagues.</li></ul><p>
</p><p>The Department encourages disabled staff to participate in all Home Office
led talent programmes, in line with their chosen career progression. The tables below
show the Disability representation as of March 2024.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Delegate
Grades</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Group</p></td><td><p>Target</p></td><td><p>AA</p></td><td><p>AO</p></td><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p>HEO</p></td><td><p>SEO</p></td><td><p>Grade
7</p></td><td><p>Grade 6</p></td><td><p>SCS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disability</p></td><td><p>12%*</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*The
Home Office Disability target reflects the economically active population, or the
existing Home Office representation, whichever is higher.</p><p>Home Office Disability
recruitment data shows a year-on-year increase in the percentage representation of
candidates with disabilities at each stage of the recruitment process, which can be
seen in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>% of disabled candidates</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Application
stage</p></td><td><p>8.5%</p></td><td><p>9.1%</p></td><td><p>9.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Successful
Sift</p></td><td><p>9.6%</p></td><td><p>10.1%</p></td><td><p>10.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Successful
Interview</p></td><td><p>8.8%</p></td><td><p>9.3%</p></td><td><p>9.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ready
to Hire</p></td><td><p>8.8%</p></td><td><p>9.1%</p></td><td><p>9.5%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
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