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	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the level of compliance of Departments with their duty under the Equality Act 2010 to provide accessible documents for disabled people.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	190516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>Monitoring of compliance with the Equality Act 2010 is a matter for individual departments.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for Disability Issues (ODI) is working with external stakeholders to review and bring up to date guidance on accessible communications. The guidance will cover language, communications channels and accessible formats for publications, meetings and consultations. The guidance is aimed at supporting government communicators to help all parts of government improve their communications with disabled people. This updated guidance will be available by Spring 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Government Digital Service (GDS) helps departments to ensure their online content and services are accessible. GDS sets standards, provides assurance around these (through spend control and service assessment processes), publishes guidance on how to meet the standard (e.g. service manual), develops tools to do this well and quickly (e.g. Government as a Platform components, toolkits and patterns), and supports the departments in using them, collating and curating lessons learned.</p><p> </p><p>New Regulations will enhance this activity through the introduction of a central monitoring system and increased guidance and support for public sector bodies. Cabinet Office introduced The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018. These regulations build on existing equalities legislation by making it easier for users to report issues about the accessibility of public sector websites, backed up by proportionate monitoring and enforcement. GDS supports departmental compliance with the regulations and produces guidance and training, including on how to make documents accessible.</p><p> </p><p>Within the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), the Minister for Disabled People also convenes a cross sector group on accessible communications.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 18/12/2018 16:13:36 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1171466

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which voluntary organisations were consulted as part of the Prime Minister’s Implementation Unit’s research on the effect of universal credit on vulnerable claimants.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>Research by the Prime Minister's Implementation Unit is conducted in partnership with Departments to provide advice and recommendations as part of ongoing policy development.</p><p>Research by the Prime Minister's Implementation Unit relies on the voluntary supply of information from third parties, which is provided on the basis that details of individuals and organisations will not be disclosed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden grouped question UIN 4484 question first answered 23/01/2020 16:44:05 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1171467

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Prime Minister’s Implementation Unit plans to complete its research into the effect of universal credit on vulnerable claimants.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4484
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>Research by the Prime Minister's Implementation Unit is conducted in partnership with Departments to provide advice and recommendations as part of ongoing policy development.</p><p>Research by the Prime Minister's Implementation Unit relies on the voluntary supply of information from third parties, which is provided on the basis that details of individuals and organisations will not be disclosed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden grouped question UIN 4483 question first answered 23/01/2020 16:44:05 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova