Question follow-through · 21985

Disability: Employment

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to help tackle disability discrimination in workplaces.

answeredWomen and Equalities

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Answering body
Women and Equalities
Tabled
6 Jan 2025
Target answer date
8 Jan 2025
Answer
14 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to help tackle disability discrimination in workplaces.

  2. 8 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 14 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The Government is fully committed to the Equality Act 2010 (the Act), which protects disabled people from discrimination in the workplace. The Act prohibits direct and indirect disability discrimination and requires employers to make reasonable adjustment...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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