Question follow-through · 23608
Employment: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to consult with organisations that advocate for deaf and disabled people on employment support reforms; and what recent discussions she has had with those organisatio
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 13 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 16 Jan 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots · 15 Jul 2026
- Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 · 15 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
13 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to consult with organisations that advocate for deaf and disabled people on employment support reforms; and what recent discussions she has had with those organisatio
16 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jan 2025
Answer published
This Government is committed to championing the rights of disabled people and to working with disabled people to design our reforms. The Get Britain Working White Paper announced that DWP will establish a panel to consult disabled people as part of our wi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Employment: Dyslexia
5 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to support the diagnosis of dyslexia in adults in the workplace.
Employment: Dyslexia
5 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of barriers faced by dyslexic adults in the workplace.
Employment: Neurodiversity
5 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to help train employers to (a) recognise and (b) support employees with (i) dyslexia and (ii) neurodivergent conditions.
Poverty: Somerset
1 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of the Spring Statement 2025 on the number of benefit claimants at risk of poverty in (a) Yeovil constituency and (b) Somerset.
Personal Independence Payment
7 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department's planned changes to Personal Independent Payments on levels of poverty in (a) Yeovil constituency, (b) Somerset and (c) the United
Personal Independence Payment: Yeovil
7 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she had made of the potential impact of her Department's proposed changes to Personal Independent Payments on people with mental disorders in Yeovil Constituency.
Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness
7 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with (a) young people with severe mental illness and (b) organisations representing them on the potential impact of her Department's proposed changes to the eligibility crit
Personal Independence Payment: Reform
8 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department’s planned reforms to Personal Independence Payments on the mental health of people with disabilities.
Personal Independence Payment: Arthritis
19 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support people with arthritis who may be impacted by changes to Personal Independence Payments in Yeovil constituency.
Personal Independence Payment: ME/CFS
19 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome impacted by changes to Personal Independence Payments.
Pensions: Consumer Information
25 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure pension holders in Yeovil constituency receive (a) up-to-date and (b) easily accessible online valuations from their pension providers.
Pensions: Consumer Information
25 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to address the barriers faced by pension holders in Yeovil constituency seeking to access their financial data from private pension providers.