Question follow-through · 35089
Identity Cards: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has considered the introduction of an official ID scheme for (a) disabled people and (b) their carers.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 3 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 10 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has considered the introduction of an official ID scheme for (a) disabled people and (b) their carers.
5 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Mar 2025
Answer published
While some disabled people may welcome a card that acts as a proof of disability, we are aware that some disabled people would not wish to carry a card which confirms their impairment. Other people who may meet the criteria for the Equality Act 2010 defin...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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